In Pakistan, at least 32 people, half of them children, died in sudden floods or in houses due to heavy rainfall since began, on Wednesday, the monsoon era became known today by disaster management services.

In the province of Kimper-Dikourkva, in the northwestern part of the country, on the border with Afghanistan, “sudden floods and roof collapses have resulted in 19 people killing, of which eight children,” the local disaster management authority said.

The Authority added that six people were injured, while “56 houses were damaged, six of which were completely destroyed”.

According to the same source, 13 of the people who were killed, including five children, were in the Suat Valley, where, according to local media, families on the banks were dragged by the instant flood of a river.

The Disaster Management Authority of Punjab, the most densely populated province of the country with a population of almost 130 million in the eastern part, adjacent to India, measures, for its part, 13 dead on Wednesday.

Eight of these victims are children who were all killed in the collapse of the roof or wall of their home. Adults also died in sudden floods in Punjab, the provincial authority report said.

The Pakistani Meteorological Service warns of the risk of heavy rainfall and therefore the possibility of lightning floods until at least Tuesday.