Floods collaps bridge in pakistan killing more than 65 people

At least 65 people have been killed by flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir since Sunday, the News International quoted officials as saying Monday. The heavy rainfall in the regions started Saturday night, causing flash floods in the Khan Khwar river, killing several people and damaging crops, bridges, houses and roads. As many as 46 people were killed and 34 others were injured in affected areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The worst-affected regions in the province were reportedly the mountain districts of Kohistan and Shangla. Of the 46 people, 16 were killed in Shangla due to landslides, while another 12 people died in the Kohistan district of the province. Some were killed due to lightning. "Twelve people are killed in rain-related incidents and we are struggling to reopen the Karakoram Highway owing to continues rains. The continuous rain and landslides are also affecting the relief and rescue activities in the district [sic]," Kohistan Deputy Commissioner Fazle Khaliq told the News. The landslides blocked the Karakoram Highway, Mansehra Naran Jalkhad road and link roads in Siran, Konsh and Kaghan valleys. The News cited reports as saying heavy downpour had damaged seven bridges and 35 houses in the Matta, Bahrain, Kabal, Babuzai, Khwazakhela, Charbagh and Barikot tehsils in the Swat district.