The death toll from torrential rain and snowfall in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, reached 27, including 18 children, on Sunday.

Report informs via Dawn that at least 38 people, inc­luding 20 children, were injured in several incidents related to rain and snowfall over the past two days, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of KP.

Meanwhile, major roads rem­ained closed in Gilgit-Baltistan, leaving thousands stranded in the region. Power and water supply and communication services were also severely hit in many areas.

On the other hand, Quetta and other parts of Balochistan remained in the grip of freezing wea­ther, with sub-zero tem­peratures driving people indoors and thinning traffic on roads. In KP, rain and snowfall in most areas continued for the third consecutive day, destroying 33 houses and partially damaging 129 others. Similarly, 59 cattle heads have also perished in these rain-related incidents.

According to the Met Office, 89 millimetres of rain was recorded in Lower Dir in the previous 24 hours, 54 in Dir Upper, 38 in Chitral, and 20 in Malam Jabba, Swat.

Six people were killed in Khyber, five in Bajaur, four each in Malakand and Swat, three in Lower Dir, and one each in Lakki Marwat and Mardan.

Most damages to houses were reported in North Waziristan, with 22 houses fully damaged, followed by three houses destroyed in Malakand and two each in Swat and Upper Dir.

Similarly, 27 houses were partially damaged in Bajaur, 16 in Malakand, 20 in Khyber, 12 in Lower Dir, nine in Orakzai, eight in Charsadda, and six each in Upper Dir, Mardan and Buner.