Floods worsen in Pakistan due to landslides and cloudbursts

Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is devastated by terrible floods. The floodwaters have almost wiped out many villages in the Buner area. The death toll is so high that people cannot even be found to attend the burial. Rescue teams from different parts of Pakistan are working to help the affected people. The landslides there are rushing towards the localities. They are sweeping away whatever they find like straw. The terrifying form of the water is spreading panic all around. Cloudbursts have created a terrible situation in many parts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. More than 300 people have died in the floods so far. Of these, more than 200 are men. There are also more than a hundred children and women. Many villages have been almost wiped out in the floods. The situation is so bad that people cannot even be found to attend the burial of the dead. The situation has become so bad that 17 people have died in one house. The bodies of 14 have been recovered. 3 people are still missing. 8 members of another family have died together. Many people are still missing. At least 74 homes in many areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Swat, Bajaur, Torghar, Mansehra, and Shangla, have been almost destroyed in the floods. Out of these, 63 houses have been partially destroyed and 11 houses have been completely destroyed. A local said, I was going to work like every day. On the way, I saw water coming. People started shouting ‘save, save’ from all sides. Many were trying to go to the other side by climbing the hill. I saw that 3-4 houses were destroyed in an instant. More than 2,000 rescuers are working to deal with the flood situation. Members of the security and rescue forces from other provinces of Pakistan have also participated in dealing with the situation. Members of the emergency department are struggling in disaster management. The work of removing the rubble is going on with heavy machinery. Rescue operations are underway in remote mountainous areas with the help of helicopters. A rescue helicopter with 5 passengers on board also crashed due to adverse weather conditions. Recent studies say that Pakistan has received 10 to 15 percent more rainfall on average in the last month. This is being blamed on global warming. It is worth noting that according to the definition of the Meteorological Department, if a small area (between one and ten kilometers) receives heavy rainfall of 10 centimeters or more in an hour, then this event is called a ‘cloud burst’ or cloudburst.