{"id":78829,"date":"2025-06-27T19:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=78829"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:21:55","slug":"18-tourists-swept-away-in-swat-river-flash-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/18-tourists-swept-away-in-swat-river-flash-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"18 tourists swept away in Swat river flash flood"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWAT: In a tragic incident, 18 tourists<\/a>, including 10 people from a single family, were swept away in Swat river due to the flooding caused by the Monsoon rains.<\/p>\n

According to the rescue officials,<\/span> they have\u00a0<\/span>retrieved<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>four bodies and three\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span> have been rescued alive, while 11 people <\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>missing as search operations\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>underway\u00a0<\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>difficult<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>circumstances<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adnan, a\u00a0traveler<\/span>\u00a0from Daska whose family\u00a0<\/span>members<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>among the victims,\u00a0<\/span>shared<\/span> the tragedy. <\/span>Four <\/span>members<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>my family, including\u00a0<\/span>six children\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>four<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>women,<\/span>\u00a0were\u00a0<\/span>washed<\/span> away in the flood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three\u00a0<\/span>other<\/span>\u00a0people drowned<\/span>\u00a0along with us<\/span>. We were having breakfast\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>riverbank<\/span>\u00a0when the flash flood<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>came<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>we had\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>chance<\/span>\u00a0to escape<\/span>,”<\/span>\u00a0he\u00a0<\/span>told<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 80 personnel are\u00a0<\/span>working<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0the ongoing rescue operation<\/span>, according to the rescue officials<\/span>. Despite<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>fast-flowing water and\u00a0<\/span>inclement<\/span>\u00a0weather<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>efforts to\u00a0<\/span>find<\/span>\u00a0the missing\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>underway.<\/span>\u00a0Four bodies<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>including two children<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have been\u00a0<\/span>recovered<\/span>\u00a0from the river<\/span> so far<\/span>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rescue 1122 Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Fahad confirmed that three individuals stranded in separate areas were rescued successfully.<\/p>\n

“The level of water in the Swat River is still dangerously high and search operations are in progress in five different areas,” he stated.<\/p>\n

According\u00a0to\u00a0reports,\u00a0heavy monsoon rains\u00a0triggered\u00a0flash floods in local streams,\u00a0which\u00a0submerged\u00a0surrounding\u00a0areas and\u00a0took\u00a0residents and tourists\u00a0by\u00a0surprise.<\/p>\n

The local\u00a0governments\u00a0have\u00a0alerted\u00a0residents\u00a0and\u00a0visitors\u00a0to\u00a0stay\u00a0away\u00a0from\u00a0riverbanks and flood\u00a0areas.\u00a0More\u00a0rain\u00a0is\u00a0forecast\u00a0in Swat and\u00a0the\u00a0surrounding\u00a0areas\u00a0in\u00a0the next\u00a0couple\u00a0of\u00a0days,\u00a0increasing\u00a0the\u00a0danger\u00a0of\u00a0further\u00a0floods.<\/p>\n

One day prior, the rescue officials reported that three individuals passed away and many others were missing after being swept away by the flash floods Swat River.<\/p>\n

The rescue\u00a0squads\u00a0have\u00a0employed\u00a0specialized\u00a0gear\u00a0to\u00a0move\u00a0through\u00a0hazardous\u00a0environments\u00a0as they\u00a0strive\u00a0to\u00a0find\u00a0the missing\u00a0persons.<\/p>\n

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SWAT: In a tragic incident, 18 tourists, including 10 people from a single family, were swept away in Swat river due to the flooding caused by the Monsoon rains. According to the rescue officials, they have\u00a0retrieved\u00a0four bodies and three\u00a0people have been rescued alive, while 11 people are\u00a0still\u00a0missing as search operations\u00a0are\u00a0underway\u00a0under\u00a0difficult\u00a0circumstances. Adnan, a\u00a0traveler\u00a0from Daska whose family\u00a0members\u00a0were\u00a0among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":78797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29770,29769],"class_list":["post-78829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-18-tourist-dead","tag-swat-flash-flood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78835,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78829\/revisions\/78835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}