PAKISTAN-BALOCHISTAN-RAIN-RELATED ACCIDENTS

PAKISTAN-BALOCHISTAN-RAIN-RELATED ACCIDENTS

(220706) -- QUETTA, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Houses damaged by heavy rains are seen in Quetta, Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, July 5, 2022. Twenty-five people were killed in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, the director-general of the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) said on Tuesday. The torrential rains started lashing various districts of the province on Monday and the downpour has continued, resulting in a number of accidents. The provincial capital Quetta declared a calamity-hit area after eight people including kids died in the rain-triggered accidents. (Xinhua)

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