10 Dead Dozens Injured in KP Storms PDMA Report

10 Dead Dozens Injured in KP Storms PDMA Report

Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in a report stated that 10 people were killed in rainfall and storm in KP, including five men, three women, and two children.

Those injured included 13 men, 10 women, and seven children, the disaster management authority shared in its report.

The rain and storm thoroughly damaged two houses, while 34 properties were partly affected.

PDMA stated that the weather-related mishaps took place in Peshawar, Swabi, Shangla, Swat and Haripur districts of the province.

Earlier, a ferocious windstorm on May 19 lashed Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, claiming at least three lives, while 14 were injured in different incidents.

PDMA in a report on losses in the storm said that the weather event claimed the lives of two men and a child.

A man was killed in Khyber, while a tower and several solar panels fell due to strong winds. The man was killed by a falling solar panel.

Moreover, eight men, three women, and three children were among the 14 injured in the storm.

“The storm partially damaged five properties, including three houses and two buildings,” PDMA said.

“Incidents of falling walls and uprooted trees were also reported from Charsadda, Khyber, Nowshera, and Peshawar,” according to the report.