{"id":16852,"date":"2025-08-15T19:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=16852"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:50:21","slug":"torrential-rains-floods-and-cloudbu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2025\/08\/15\/torrential-rains-floods-and-cloudbu\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrential Rains, floods and cloudburst kill 256 in KPK, GB and AJK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Torrential <\/strong>Rains, floods and cloudburst kill 256 \u00a0in KPK, GB and AJK <\/strong><\/h3>\n

78 peopls killed in Buner tehsils worst flooding; 21 die in Bajour cloud burst<\/p>\n

Rains, flash floods and cloudburst have killed 256 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan amd Azad Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s (AJK).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 150 people have died due to deadly flooding and continuous rains in various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the PTI-led provincial government and Rescue 1122 continue operations in the affected regions.<\/p>\n

The death toll from torrential rains and flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Buner district has risen to 78, according to Deputy Commissioner Kashif Qayyum.<\/p>\n

He said powerful floodwaters triggered by the storms caused multiple accidents, claiming dozens of lives.<\/p>\n

At least 21 people have been killed in Khyber PakhtunKhawa\u2019s Bajour district after lightning strikes and a cloudburst hit the Salarzai area. Also damaging several houses.<\/p>\n

Local sources said the cloudburst caused water levels to rise dangerously, cutting off access routes and hampering rescue efforts. Residents are attempting to assist the victims on their own.<\/p>\n

According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), at least 21 people have been killed and five injured after a cloudburst triggered severe flooding in Bajaur district.<\/p>\n

PDMA Friday reported that torrential rains and flash floods over the past 24 hours have left 146 people dead and 14 others injured across various districts of the province.<\/p>\n

Deputy Commissioner Shahid Ali said most of the bodies have been recovered, while three injured habe been shifted to the District Headquarter Hospital in Khar.<\/p>\n

Rescue operations are continuing to locate more victims, with seven people still reported missing. Residents, along with rescue teams, are working to save those affected.<\/p>\n

In Lower Dir\u2019s Maidan Sori Makan area, the roof of a house collapsed, killing four people and injuring another four. Rescuers and locals pulled seven people from the rubble.<\/p>\n

In Battagram\u2019s Union Council Shamlai, lightning strikes and a flash flood destroyed six to eight houses, sweeping away 30 to 40 people.<\/p>\n

According to Rescue 1122. Ten bodies have been recovered so far. The remote location is hampering rescue operations , and locals have appealed to the appealed ti the government for immediate.<\/p>\n

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Torrential Rains, floods and cloudburst kill 256 \u00a0in KPK, GB and AJK 78 peopls killed in Buner tehsils worst flooding; 21 die in Bajour cloud burst Rains, flash floods and cloudburst have killed 256 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan amd Azad Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s (AJK). Over 150 people have died due to deadly flooding and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2297,2298],"tags":[3538],"class_list":["post-16852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-kpk-gb-ajk-floods-rains-climate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16856,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16852\/revisions\/16856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}