[DAWN] At least nine people have been killed during five days of torrential rain and landslides in Azad Kashmir, emergency officials said on Thursday.The deaths came as water channels swelled and people were left trapped in landslides in four mountainous districts of Kashmir in the country's northeast.
The latest casualties bring the overall death toll from this year's monsoon floods to at least 22, with over 200 buildings washed away in the worst-affected north.
Officials said the death toll and losses could increase because communication from the remote areas had been hampered due to heavy rains.
“According to available collective figures, so far nine people have been killed and seven others were injured,” Zaheer Qureshi, director general of the disaster management authority, told AFP.