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Pakistan flash floods toll rises to 26

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Update: 2019-02-22 15:41:14
Pakistan flash floods toll rises to 26

Torrential rains lashed have several cities in Pakistan, triggering flash floods and leaving at least 26 dead, many swept away by the waters or killed when their roofs collapsed.

The provincial Disaster Management Authority said 14 people, including children, were killed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.

Flash floods submerged villages near the southwestern town of Lasbella, in Baluchistan province, killing three people there and affecting 200 families.

Imran Zarqoon, a spokesman for the provincial disaster authority said emergency workers were trying to rescue people from flooded parts of Lasbella.

At least nine were killed in central Pakistan in three incidents of roofs collapsing amid the rains, four of them in the city of Multan, according to police and rescue services.

Every year, many cities and towns in Pakistan struggle to cope with the annual monsoon deluge, drawing criticism about poor planning.

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BDST: 1534 HRS, FEB 22, 2019
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