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At least 14 people were killed and 19 injured as torrential rains wrought havoc in Pakistan's Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, officials said.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a statement on Wednesday that the heavy downpour
In Khyber, The Authority said that Punjab was worst hit by the rains where 12 people were killed, 17 others injured and one house was washed away by the rain water. Pakhtunkhwa, two people were killed and two others injured in the last year of the year.
The official report revealed that most of the casualties happened to the roof collapse incidents and electrocution. [19659002] While officials said that the rain-triggered accidents left 14 people killed in Pakistan, local media reports said that the death toll has already hit 19 in Punjab province alone. 659002] The NDMA said that several low-lying areas have been inundated by the rains as well as other areas of provincial jurisdiction.
The authority said the current wet spell is expected to subside from Thursday.
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