Heavy rainstorms kill 15 in northwest Pakistan

Disaster management official says the death toll may rise.

Officials in Pakistan have said violent rainstorms in the northwest have caused at least 15 deaths and injured dozens.

Latif Khan, a senior disaster management official, said on Sunday that most of the deaths from the severe weather overnight were caused by the collapse of mud and stone walls and houses. He says the heavy rains also caused flashflooding in some places.

Another official, Inayatur Rehman, said the roof of a seminary collapsed in the Bajur tribal region, killing six children and injuring nine.

In the cities of Nowshera and Peshawar, motorists were killed and wounded by falling billboards and downed electrical cables

Rescue ops on

Mr. Khan says rescue and relief operations are ongoing, apprehending that the death toll may rise.