{"id":21648,"date":"2025-08-18T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21648"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:15:57","slug":"rain-floods-kill-323-in-kp-as-more-severe-weather-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/18\/rain-floods-kill-323-in-kp-as-more-severe-weather-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain, floods kill 323 in KP as more severe weather forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>At least 323 people have lost their lives and 156 have been injured across several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to recent heavy rainfall and flash floods.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), the deceased include 273 men, 29 women and 21 children. Among the injured are 123 men, 23 women and 10 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report confirms damage to 336 houses across the province. Of these, 106 have been completely destroyed, while 230 have suffered partial damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The worst-affected district is Buner, where 209 fatalities have been recorded so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other impacted areas include Swat, Bajaur, Torghar, Mansehra, Shangla and Battagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the PDMA has warned of three further monsoon spells expected to enter the country, with a projected 50 per cent increase in intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern regions and the Potohar area are likely to be most affected. There is a risk of cloudbursts in Rawalpindi, Murree, Jhelum, Chakwal and Attock. Urban flooding has also been forecast in Lahore and other cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Meteorological Department, heavy rainfall is expected between 17 and 19 August. The current weather pattern is likely to continue intermittently until 21 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the special direction of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, relief goods have been dispatched to the affected districts via 89 trucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 323 people have lost their lives and 156 have been injured across several<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rain, floods kill 323 in KP as more severe weather forecast - Rapid News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/18\/rain-floods-kill-323-in-kp-as-more-severe-weather-forecast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rain, floods kill 323 in KP as more severe weather forecast - 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