The spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority in Pakistan, Khurshid Anwar, said - according to the Pakistani Express Tribune newspaper - that the collapse of buildings resulting from bad weather during the past days left 32 people killed.
Anwar added that dozens of other people were also injured in northwestern Pakistan due to bad weather conditions, noting that 1,370 homes were damaged.
In the Punjab province, 21 deaths were recorded due to lightning strikes and landslides resulting from heavy rainfall, while officials in the Balochistan province, southwest of the country, announced 10 deaths following flash floods.
In turn, senior official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, Zaheer Ahmed Babar, said that Pakistan is witnessing heavy rains in the month of April due to climate change.
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