Flash floods kill 43 in northern Pakistan

AFP, PESHAWAR: Flash floods caused by overnight monsoon rains have killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority from a village near the border with Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, as supplies were airlifted to survivors.
The rains began late Saturday and were concentrated mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been badly affected by flooding in recent years that some scientists have linked to climate change.
The worst hit district was Chitral, on the country’s northwest border, where flood waters swept away a mosque, dozens of houses and army post in the remote village of Ursoon, district mayor Maghfirat Shah told AFP.
Forty-one people were killed in the village, and at least eight of the dead are thought to be soldiers.

Flash floods kill 43 in northern Pakistan

AFP, PESHAWAR: Flash floods caused by overnight monsoon rains have killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority from a village near the border with Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, as supplies were airlifted to survivors. The rains began late Saturday and were concentrated mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been badly affected by flooding in recent years that some scientists have linked to climate change. The worst hit district was Chitral, on the countrys northwest border, where flood waters swept away a mosque, dozens of houses and army post in the remote village of Ursoon, district mayor Maghfirat Shah told AFP. Forty-one people were killed in the village, and at least eight of the dead are thought to be soldiers.