By At least twelve people were killed and 21 others wounded in several rain-related incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over the past 24 hours as heavy rains continued to lash large parts of KP, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday.
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of KP confirmed 12 deaths across the province. In Karak district, six people were killed on Sunday, with additional fatalities reported in Lower Dir, Charsadda, and South Waziristan districts. Four individuals were swept away by floods in the Lawaghar Algada area of Karak district, and a search for their bodies is ongoing.
In Tank district, a woman and her two children died, and four other family members were injured in a roof collapse. The deceased were identified as Asma Bibi, her daughter Sadia Bibi, and her son Waheed Ullah. The Tank-South Waziristan road has been closed due to flood-like conditions in streams and nullahs.
In Mansehra district, thousands of tourists and locals, stranded in Kaghan and Manor valleys for six days, began leaving on foot on Sunday after the Frontier Works Organisation built a temporary pathway on Manor stream in the Mahandri area. Flash floods from monsoon rains have devastated the Kaghan and Manor valleys, destroying the central bridge on the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road. A woman, her son, and approximately two dozen hotels, houses, and electric turbines were swept away by the floods.
“The stranded tourists and locals have started leaving both valleys on foot following the creation of a temporary pathway after fixing mega concrete pipes in Manor Stream,” said Ali Asghar, a hotel manager in Naran.
Authorities have advised tourists to avoid the Kaghan Valley until conditions improve. The district administration and the National Highway Authority are deliberating whether to burst or create spillways to release water from an artificial lake formed in Mahandri after boulders blocked the Kunhar River flow.
In Mohmand district, a bridge on the Aqrab Daag to Shaheed Banda Daman link road near Babi Mohmand was damaged by floodwaters, disrupting traffic between Aqrab Daag and Ekkaghund Bazaar. Part of the bridge has been washed away, leading authorities to close it to traffic.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) cautioned that high to very high-level flash flooding is likely in parts of Balochistan, specifically in the nullahs of Zhob, Kalat, Nasirabad, and Sibbi divisions. Similarly, local nullahs in D.G. Khan are expected to experience high-level flash flooding, potentially affecting nearby villages and towns.
In the northern regions, the catchment areas of the Kabul River and its tributaries have received significant rainfall, which may cause high flooding in Nowshera and the river’s tributaries. The NDMA instructed all relevant departments to take necessary steps to mitigate the potential impacts of flooding and extreme weather.
In Gilgit-Baltistan, officials reported that floods in Rahimabad nullah damaged cultivated land, uprooted trees, and destroyed water supply channels downstream. The floodwaters crossed the Rahimanad bridge on the Karakoram Highway, but the bridge remains intact. Rising water in the Hunza River caused land erosion in Jutal, Nomal, and Faizanad areas of Gilgit. Additionally, a flash flood from Jaglote Guru nullah damaged a hotel and other properties downstream, blocking the Babusar-Chilas Road in Diamer and causing further property damage.
