Rain, hailstorm wreak havoc in KP, Fata

PESHAWAR: Six persons were killed and four others sustained injuries as rains and hailstorm wreaked havoc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas, officials and locals said on Wednesday.
Three women were killed and two children were wounded when the roof of a house caved in due to the heavy rains in the Zangali area on the outskirts of Peshawar.
According to officials of the Rescue 1122, Arbaba Bibi, wife of Hakeem Shah, her daughter Shabana and daughter-in-law Razia died when the roof of their house collapsed after heavy downpour. Hakeem Shah’s daughters, Sajida and Shazia, were injured and had to be hospitalised at the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.
The roofs and walls of several houses collapsed in different parts of Peshawar city and district following heavy rains and a hailstorm.
The rain continued for around 24 hours. It rained slowly or heavily at times. Past midnight and in the early hours of Wednesday, there was a hailstorm in Peshawar and certain other areas. The rains and hailstorm made the weather chilly and prompted many people to use warm clothes that had been abandoned a few days ago due to rising temperatures.
The rains resulted in flood in the Budhnai Nullah that affected the nearby residential areas. However, no causality was reported.The rain inundated low-lying areas of the city causing difficulties to motorists and pedestrians and also to the residents. Pools of water accumulated at a number of places, including the University Road, Tehkal, Board Bazaar, GT Road , Karimpura, Babu Town , Firdous, Qissa Khwani, Rampura and Kohat Road .
The rains also disrupted the electricity supply to many parts of the provincial capital, including Saddar, Badaber, Pishtakhara and Kohat Road.
CHARSADDA: Floodwater wreaked havoc in the Sardaryab area, popular with visitors due to its fish shops and river boats, and swept away boats and makeshift hotels.
The flash flood inundated the low-lying areas and entered houses in Sardaryab. The river Kabul was in high flood at Sardaryab due to the heavy rains in upper parts of the country.The floodwater washed away 30 boats and 40 makeshift hotels selling fish and built on the banks of the River Kabul.
The district administration launched rescue work after the flash flood hit the spot frequented by tourists.
GHALLANAI: Two sisters were killed when the roof of a house caved in, in a village of Haleemzai Tehsil, Mohmand Agency.Locals said the roof of the house of Gulab collapsed due to heavy rains in Khwaja Wass Koroona in Haleemzai.
His two daughters were buried under the debris. The local people retrieved the bodies from the rubble after hectic efforts.
LANDIKOTAL: A man was killed and two children sustained injuries while crops on hundreds of acres of land were washed away in the Khyber Agency.
The roof of a house collapsed in the Lowara Mina area of Mullagori in which a man, identified as Gul Zada, was killed while his two sons sustained injuries. The injured were taken to the Jamrud Civil Hospital.Six vehicles, including a mini-truck loaded with chickens, were also swept away by the floodwaters in Landikotal.
Political Agent Syed Shahab Ali Shah visited the affected areas and gave Rs50,000 to the family of the deceased.The Pak-Afghan highway, passing through the Khyber Pass and linking Peshawar to the border town of Torkham, also remained closed all the day due to flash floods.