LAHORE: The monsoon low pressure over India generating torrential rain unleashed its full face of fury on Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, leaving another 85 people dead.
Forty people were killed in Punjab, 11 in Gilgit-Baltistan, seven in KP and 27 in Azad Kashmir in rain-related incidents.
At least 52 people had died on Thursday, taking the death toll to 137 in two days. A large number of people were injured.
Reports from different parts of the country indicated huge losses to property, cattle and crops, especially in Sialkot and Gujranwala regions, due to swelling of nullahs and exceptionally high flood in Chenab and Jhelum rivers.
Incessant rain, accumulation of rainwater in cities, reports of more deaths and floods in the two rivers kept people tense. In Lahore and Kasur, people were worried about the swelling of Ravi and Sutlej rivers, despite consolation by the Met department that there was no such threat for now.
One piece of good news was that the rain-generating monsoon system weakened on Friday evening and the Met office said the spell was likely to decrease after 24 hours.
Almost entire Lahore was submerged by rainwater which was much more than the draining capacity of the city and weather combating preparations or will of the Punjab government.
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Forty people were killed in Punjab, 11 in Gilgit-Baltistan, seven in KP and 27 in Azad Kashmir in rain-related incidents.
At least 52 people had died on Thursday, taking the death toll to 137 in two days. A large number of people were injured.
Reports from different parts of the country indicated huge losses to property, cattle and crops, especially in Sialkot and Gujranwala regions, due to swelling of nullahs and exceptionally high flood in Chenab and Jhelum rivers.
Incessant rain, accumulation of rainwater in cities, reports of more deaths and floods in the two rivers kept people tense. In Lahore and Kasur, people were worried about the swelling of Ravi and Sutlej rivers, despite consolation by the Met department that there was no such threat for now.
One piece of good news was that the rain-generating monsoon system weakened on Friday evening and the Met office said the spell was likely to decrease after 24 hours.
Almost entire Lahore was submerged by rainwater which was much more than the draining capacity of the city and weather combating preparations or will of the Punjab government.
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