At least nine people died when floodwaters swept away children in a river in northern Pakistan and relatives jumped into the water to try to save them on Friday (June 27).
The family was having a picnic breakfast by the Swat River and the children were in the water taking photos when the sudden flood hit.
00:00At least nine people died on Friday after sudden floodwaters swept away children and relatives in the Swat River in northern Pakistan.
00:10The family had been enjoying a picnic when the children taking photos in the water were caught in the flood.
00:16Relatives who tried to save them were also swept away.
00:30But after two weeks after the rescue of the police, there were about 4 men who were buried and were buried, but it was so much more than the rescue of the people who were buried in the water.
00:46So, there were about 18 people who were buried, there were 9 people who were buried in the water,
00:53and 4 people who were buried in the water.
00:55The flood was triggered
01:25by monsoon rains, and authorities have so far recovered nine bodies, with the exact number
01:30of children and adults among the dead yet to be confirmed.
01:35More than 80 rescue workers, along with locals, were searching for survivors.
01:40The Provincial Disaster Management Authority later issued an alert about high flood levels
