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Heavy rains over the weekend have triggered flash floods in various parts of Pakistan, a media report said on Monday
The mountainous Chitral valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was the worst-affected as two people were killed in the floods which snapped most road links of Chitral city, a private TV channel reported.
The floodwater washed away several bridges and inundated many villages. A woman and a five-year-old girl were killed in the flood.
A rescue operation has been initiated to aid the affected population and an emergency imposed in Chitral as rains continued.
Several parts of Punjab province were also affected. At least 100 villages and settlements were inundated around its capital Lahore, which faced a medium-level flood.
Meanwhile, officials said on Monday that high level flood was recorded in Indus River at Chachra in Rahim Yar Khan.
According to District Flood Control Room, 260,000 cusecs of water is passing through the river with a flood warning issued for Indus River.
The villages located along side Indus River have been directed to transfer to safer areas.
On the other hand in Rasulpur, at least five villages including Rasulpur, Kacha Mahazi, Kacha Chauhan, Muslimabad, Kacha Darkan and hundreds of acres of lands and fields were inundated due to heavy floods.
Moreover, rescue efforts have not yet been initiated in the affected areas.
In Rajanpur, rescue operation is in full swing in the areas hit by flood in 'Hill Torrent Kaha Sultan.'
The local administration has also warned the people of riverine areas of Bumblee, Harhand and Chandia to shift to safer places.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to take immediate relief and rescue measures to help people affected by floods in torrential nullahs in Koh-e-Suleman in Rajanpur district. He also directed monitoring of flood situation round the clock across the province.
Authorities of Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh districts, have issued flood warnings and asked people of riverine areas to shift to safer places as flood of over 500,000 cusecs in Indus river will pass from the area during the next three to four days. - Agencies
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