Five killed across KP as houses collapse in heavy rain.

PESHAWAR -- Five people were killed and 23 injured in rain-related incidents in Mardan, Peshawar, South Waziristan and Khyber districts on Friday and Saturday.

Officials of the Rescue 1122 service said the house collapse incidents were reported in Peshawar's Phandu, Bahadur Killay, Mattani and Banamri areas killing a man and injuring 16 people.

They said four people suffered injuries after the roof of their house collapsed on them in Phandu area, while similar incidents injured six people in Bahadur Killay and five in Mattani area.

The officials said the collapse of a house roof injured two people in Banamri area with one of them dying in the hospital.

Snowfall was also reported

Meanwhile, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said two children were killed and two adults were injured in Mardan after the roof of their house caved in.

It added that a similar incident killed another man and injured five people in the South Waziristan tribal district.

According to the PDMA, a woman lost life and several houses were damaged in rain-related incidents in parts of Khyber tribal district on Friday.

The roof of a house room collapsed due to heavy rain in Zarkaany Bushkhel area of Tirah valley. Other members of the family remained safe in the incident.

Also, a house collapsed in Bar Kali, Kam Shalman, during the heavy rain. However, no damage to public life was reported.

The downpour damaged a house in Jamrud area. No one was hurt in the incident.

Light snow and heavy rain fell in upper parts of Hazara division, turning the weather cold.

The rain began in low-lying parts of Mansehra, Torghar, Upper and Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas districts early morning and continued all through the day intermittently. The cold weather prompted the people to resume using warm clothes.

In Swabi district's Turlandi village, a causeway was washed away by floodwater.

The residents insisted that the causeway was built under a project, which included the widening of the Turkandi-Kalodher Roadand the construction of a bridge on Turlandi Badri nullah, but the contractor didn't...