Natural catastrophes

8.8, flooding, fatalities

Pakistan: flooding and heavy rains in north-western Pakistan left 144 people dead and 97 others injured. The deaths occurred since July 26 when heavy monsoon rains began, causing floods and mudslides in various districts in the North West Frontier province. Among the casualties were 41 people who died when a road bridge collapsed in heavy rain in Mardan city, tossing dozens of people into a flooded stream. Thirty-nine other people died in separate incidents of flooding and rains triggering mudslides in the mountainous district of Mansehra. The other deaths occurred in several other districts in the province including Karak, where at least 10 people drowned in a rain-swollen stream. flooding and mudslides left 16,000 homes either destroyed or partially damaged in the province.