Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds
homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon
rains battered the country, Trend reports citing Reuters.

In the southern province of Balochistan, 57 people, including
women and children, were killed after being swept away in flood
waters, according to Ziaullah Langove, the disaster and home
affairs advisor to the province’s chief minister, adding that eight
dams had burst due to the heavy rains.

Hundreds more were left homeless after their homes collapsed in
the rain and flooding, he said, adding monsoon rains were
continuing.

In north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province two people,
including a six year-old, died and four were injured when their
house collapsed due to rain, according to a district official
statement.

Heavy rains have lashed the country in recent days, leaving
large swathes of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, inundated with
water.

In neighbouring Afghanistan, 24 people have been killed by
floods in the east and south of the country, a disaster management
agency spokesman said on Friday./Reuters