Pakistan floods kill 80

 At least 80 people were killed and dozens more injured as heavy rains and flash floods caused havoc in parts of Pakistan over the past three days, with the government calling out the army to help cope with the situation at several places.

Several people were swept away by swollen rivers in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, while dozens more died when houses collapsed following the heavy rains.

Over 1,500 houses were destroyed and thousands more damaged since the heavy monsoon rains began last week, officials said.

Officials put the death toll at 80 and said nearly as many were injured in rain-related incidents across the country.

The worst-hit regions were Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and PoK, where over 60 people died.

Heavy showers were reported from many parts of Pakistan today.

Jacobabad city in Sindh province recorded 440 mm of rain since yesterday, breaking a 100-year-old record, officials of the Met Department said.

Officials said the average rainfall in Jacobabad in September is usually 11 mm.

All the upper areas of Sindh had reported over 100 mm of rains so far, officials said.

In Multan district of Punjab province, where a young boy and his sister were electrocuted during the rains, the authorities called in the Engineering Corps of the Pakistan Army to help plug breaches in a canal in Dera Ghazi Khan.

People fled their homes after water from the swollen canal began flowing towards Dera Ghazi Khan city early this morning. Several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city were submerged.