Days of heavy Pakistani rains, the floods kill 46, including 13 from a family | Climatic news

The authorities say that forecasters cannot exclude extreme time rehearsal such as devastating floods of 2022.

Almost a week of heavy monsoon rains and sudden floods across Pakistan have killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, according to officials.

The government announced the number of deaths on Monday and said that deaths had been caused by several days of abnormally strong disadvantages.

They included 22 people in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in northwestern Pakistan, 13 in the eastern province of Punjab, seven in the Sindh in the south and four in Balutchistan in the Southwest, said National Disaster Management Authority and officials of the provincial emergency.

“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 said forecastists cannot exclude extreme time rehearsal such as devastating floods in 2022.

Serious rains then 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 inundated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The rescuers found 12 family organizations and 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.

The National Disaster Management Authority had warned against potential dangers on Sunday and advised people to cross rivers and rivers.