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Pakistan - Severe weather, update (PDMA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 March 2024)

  • The humanitarian impact is still increasing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, north-western Pakistan following heavy rainfall, and heavy snow.

  • According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PDMA), the number of fatalities reached 40 people while 62 others have been injured, 80 houses have been destroyed, 554 damaged as well as two schools.

  • Over the next 24 hours, cloudy weather with light rain and snow with localized thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in north/southwest Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, and Kashmir.