Officials said that rescue workers in northwestern Pakistan sought relief operations on Sunday after killing flash floods more than 220 people in one area.
Boner, a mountainous area in the Khyberburshuhu province, was wounded by Cloudbursts and heavy seasonal rains on Friday, which led to floods and landslides.
Mohamed Suhail, a spokesman for the emergency services in Boner, said that more than half of the damaged roads in the region have been reopened, allowing cars and heavy machines to reach isolated villages.
The crews wipe piles of rocks and clay that were thrown by floods. They used heavy machines on Sunday to remove the ruins of collapsed houses after families stated that some of their relatives were missing.
In one of the bloodiest accidents, 24 people from one family died in the village of Qadar Nagar when the flood waters swept their home on the eve of a wedding. The head of the family, Omar Khan, said that he survived the floods because he was outside the house at the time. He added that four of his relatives have not been found yet.
District Prime Minister Ali Amin Gandabur Bonner visited on Saturday and announced that the families of the dead will receive payments of 2 million rupees ($ 7,200) each. He said that tents, food and clean drinking water are provided to prevent the outbreaks of water.
The mother and father tells the moment in which they learned about the flood and the landslide that struck the village of Himalayas in Darali on Tuesday – and how they spoke with one of their children before losing communication and did not hear again.
According to a government statement, Prime Minister Shaybaz Sharif monitors relief operations and orders a faster distribution for help, evacuated the people who were cut off, and intensify searches for missing persons.
The Disaster Management Authority in Pakistan has warned of more luxury and possible landslides between 17 and 19 August, and urged local administrations to stay at alert. Supreme seasonal wind rain has criticized the country since June 26 and killed more than 600.
Pakistan is very vulnerable to the disasters caused by the climate. In 2022, the standard monsoon winds killed nearly 1,700 people and destroyed millions of homes.
The country also suffers from regular floods and landslides during the seasonal wind season, which lasts from June to September, especially in the rugged northwest, where villages often float on very slope slopes.
Heavy rains brought clear floods to northern India, washing homes and leaving more than 100 missing people.
Experts say climate change increases the frequency and intensity of harsh weather events in South Asia.
Officials said that the heavy rains controlled by the Indian, caused heavy rains in two villages in two villages in the Kathoa area, which killed at least seven people and wounded five last night. Rescue and relief operations are ongoing.
In the Kishtwar area, the teams continue their efforts in the remote village of Chositi, which is looking for dozens of missing people after the region was subjected to sudden floods three days ago. At least 60 years were killed and about 150 were wounded, or about 50 in critical condition, in the disaster.
The floods were struck on Thursday during the Hindu annual pilgrimage.
The authorities saved more than 300 people, while about 4000 pilgrims were evacuated to safety.
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