 People clear the rubble of a damaged house after heavy rains caused flooding in Naryan Behak village on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, August 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer ud Dinr |
About 90.6 percent of the fatalities were caused by flash floods, while 6.4 percent resulted from roof collapse accidents, the NDMA said in a statement.
Widespread destruction has been reported, with dozens of people trapped under debris and many others swept away by floods. Rescue teams were working to recover the injured and retrieve bodies from the rubble, and the situation in the area remained urgent, Bilal Faizi, spokesperson for the state-run Rescue 1122 KP, told Xinhua.
According to the NDMA, 634 people were killed and 768 others injured in rain-related accidents across Pakistan since the inception of the monsoon season on June 26.
