A minimum of 50 folks have been killed in heavy rains and lightning throughout Pakistan up to now three days, officers stated, as authorities declared a state of emergency in some areas.
Farmers harvesting wheat died after being struck by lightning. Rains prompted dozens of homes to break down within the northwest and in japanese Punjab province.
Arfan Kathia, a spokesman for the provincial catastrophe administration authority, stated 21 folks had died in Punjab, the place extra rains had been anticipated this week.
Khursheed Anwar, a spokesman for the catastrophe administration authority in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, stated 21 folks died there.
Torrential rains additionally lashed the capital, Islamabad, and killed seven folks in southwestern Baluchistan province. Streets flooded within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar and Quetta, the Baluchistan capital.
Rafay Alam, a Pakistani environmental professional, stated such heavy rainfall in April was uncommon.
“Two years ago, Pakistan witnessed a heatwave in March and April and now we are witnessing rains and it is all of because of climate change, which had caused heavy flooding in 2022,” he stated.
In 2022, downpours swelled rivers and at one level inundated one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 folks. The floods additionally prompted $30bn in harm.