Monsoon rains and flooding have claimed 18 more lives and left 29 people injured across the country during the past 24 hours, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The authority’s latest update said the fatalities include 10 men, three women, and five children. Seven deaths were reported in Punjab, four in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and seven in Azad Kashmir.
NDMA said six people lost their lives in flash floods, four in house collapses, one in a landslide, five in urban flooding, and two due to electrocution. In the same period, 40 houses were damaged, of which 20 were completely destroyed.
Since June 26, the nationwide death toll has risen to 881, while 1,176 people have been injured. The calamity has also damaged 9,206 houses and killed 6,180 livestock animals so far.
