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SEVEN KILLED AS MONSOON RAINS BATTER KARACHI WITH MORE SHOWERS LOOMING
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g RAIN EMERGENCY DECLARED COMMUTERS FACE ACROSS PORT CITY WITH ALL CHALLENGES AS TEAMS PLACED ON HIGH ALERT TO HOURS-LONG RAIN RESPOND TO URBAN FLOODING, SPELL LED TO THE CITY’S TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS AND OTHER MAIN THOROUGHFARES RAIN-RELATED INCIDENTS CHOKED WITH TRAFFIC
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across the province that prompted an emergency as torrential rains ravaged homes, displaced families, and left a trail of destruction across Buner, Swat, Shangla, Mansehra, and beyond. According to the latest data from the KP PDMA, 358 people have died in rain-related incidents since August 15, with Buner reporting the highest toll at 225. Another 181 people were injured, while the dead included 287 men, 41 women and 30 children.
T least seven people were killed in Karachi on Tuesday after heavy monsoon rains battered parts of the port, flooding various neighbourhoods, brought the vehicular traffic to a standstill on major arteries and plunged the entire city into darkness, prompting the government to declare a rain emergency. According to the Met Office, as of 8pm, Gulshan-i-Hadeed recorded the highest level of rain at 170 millimetres, followed by Airport Old Area with 158.5mm, Jinnah Terminal 153mm, Nazimabad 149.6mm, Surjani Town 145.2mm, Keamari 140mm, Saadi Town 140.2mm, Defence Housing Authority Phase VII 134mm, University Road 133mm, PAF Base Faisal 128mm, North Karachi 108.4mm, Korangi 132.2mm, Gulshan-i-Maymar 98mm, PAF Masroor Base 87mm, Orangi Town 66.2mm and Bahria Town 4.8mm. Dark clouds covered the city by afternoon, followed by heavy showers with strong winds in areas including Surjani Town, Federal B Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Qayyumabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Malir, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Nazimabad, and New Karachi.
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KP flood toll rises to 358 as relief, rehab efforts expanded PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE staff report
Heavy monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding have left at least 358 people dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), with widespread damage to infrastructure and ongoing relief operations as authorities warn the current rain cycle may continue through August 21, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said on Tuesday. Its report, the PDMA said that record rains started in KP on August 15, have wreaked havoc
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staff report