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21 Jul 2015

Rains Trigger Flash Floods In Several Parts Of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Blaze surges activated by deluge have immersed a few sections of Pakistan running from the Chitral valley in the nation's north to parts of southern Punjab and the rugged ranges of Balochistan. 

Chitral was the most exceedingly bad influenced range as downpour activated surges wreak ruin on the region, washing without end the principle extension connecting Chitral to Mastuj sub-division and disjoining street joins from Chitral city to no less than 10 union boards. 

A salvage operation has been started to help the influenced populace and a crisis forced in Chitral as downpours kept on pouring down with short interims. 

Commandant Chitral Scouts Colonel Naeem Iqbal said that the armed force and Scouts have been alarmed and that help and salvage operations were in progress for the surge influenced individuals in the Kailash valley. 

In the mean time, a few sections of southern Punjab were likewise helpless before quickly moving surge waves. As per reports, no less than 100 towns and settlements have been immersed around Layyah, which confronted a medium-level surge on the banks of the Stream Indus. 

Requests were likewise issued to clear a few towns of Rajanpur as the nullahs of Koh Suleman over-overflowed with water. The Koh Suleman mountain reaches have gotten exuberant downpours amid the previous three to four days. 

Then, authorities said that water levels in the Stream Indus were on the ascent. 

Abdul Aziz Soomro, the accountable for the control room at Sukkur Blast, said that a medium-level surge was going through Guddu Torrent while a low-level surge was going through Sukkur Flood. He said that water levels were relied upon to rise facilitate in the following 24 hours at Guddu and Sukkur floods.