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Peshawar, Pakistan – almost a week of strong monsoon rains and Sudden floods through Pakistan have killed at least 46 people and injured dozens of severe weather conditions that continue in past emergencies remain possible, officials announced on Monday.
Deaths caused by abnormally strong showers since Tuesday include 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa13 In the eastern province of Punjab, seven in southern Sindh and four in southwest Balutchistan, said the national disaster management authority and provincial emergency officials.
“We expect rains superior to normal during the monsoon season and alerts were issued to the authorities concerned to take precautionary measures,” said Irfan Virk, deputy director of the Pakistan meteorological department.
Virk has warned forecasters cannot exclude a repetition of the “extreme situation” observed during Devastating floods in 2022. The rains flooded a third of the country, killing 1,737 people and causing general destruction.
Last week’s deaths include 13 tourists from a 17 -year -old family who were swept away on Friday. The other four family members were saved from the Swat river flooded in the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The rescuers found 12 organizations of the group and the divers continued to seek the remaining victim on Monday, said Bilal Faizi, spokesperson for the provincial emergency service.
The incident aroused a widespread condemnation online on what many called a slow response by emergency services.
