Over 60 killed in monsoon floods in Pakistan

The death toll in floods and destruction caused by monsoon rains in Pakistan has reached 62.

Report informs with reference to foreign media that heavy rains covered Baluchistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, as well as Gilgit-Baltistan region.

The natural disaster in Balochistan killed 9 more people. According to the authorities, five of them were carried away by the current, and four children died as a result of the wall collapse.

As a result of heavy rains, seven dams burst and a number of areas were flooded.

Monsoon rains in South Asia from June to September each year cause major natural disasters and accidents.