Nasty weather this week effecting those most vulnerable.
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - At least 25 people have been killed after a dam burst and washed away a number of villages in southwestern Pakistan.
Residents and media reports suggested many more may have died when the Shadi Kor dam near the coastal town of Pasni in poverty-stricken Baluchistan province burst late Thursday after a week of heavy rains.
Troops have been called out for rescue operations and at least 25 people were confirmed dead, provincial minister Sher Jan told reporters in the provincial capital Quetta.
Residents said dozens of people may have died. The road link to the stricken area may have been severed as the coastal highway has been washed away in several places, they said.
“I have seen 15 bodies myself,” local resident Abdul Razzaq told AFP by telephone from the area.
The dam burst around 6:00 pm (1300 GMT) on Thursday, according to state media.
At least 33 people have died from roof collapses and avalanches in other parts of Pakistan during a week-long spell of heavy rain and snow.
In 1991 (or 92) it rained a lot in Punjab side and as a result many villages were flooded. I heard that the DAM gates were lowered and that caused flooding, reason of lowering gates was political!
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I don't know what happened, but it is standard practice to release dammed waters if the alternative is a dam burst. A regulated & controlled, forewared release is better than a burst that would destroy a lot more