--- description: The flooding in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunwa province was prompted by torrential rain that began Saturday night title: Flash Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 45, Officials Say image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee2e41b1a28b9a3/69888d81428a9e558fcd20dc/ap_144730899916.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pakistan](/tag/pakistan/) ## Pakistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Flash Floods in Pakistan Leave at Least 45 Dead, Officials Say by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2016 4:02 AM CUT  Pakistani villagers watch at flash flooding on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 3, 2016 Pakistani villagers watch at flash flooding on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 3, 2016Mohammad Sajjad—AP by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2016 4:02 AM CUT At least 45 people were killed and more than 30 others injured by [floods](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cd1814646f7346a5828e2b8c135ad49a/official-rain-floods-kill-36-northwest-pakistan "undefined") in Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The flooding in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunwa province was prompted by torrential rain that began Saturday night, disaster-management official Latif ur Rehman told the Associated Press. Rehman added that 34 people were admitted to the hospital with injuries, after the roofs of several rural houses reportedly collapsed. The Pakistani side of the disputed region of Kashmir was also partially affected, [according](http://www.dawn.com/news/1249711/at-least-45-killed-as-torrential-rains-flood-parts-of-kp-azad-kashmir "undefined") to the _Dawn_ newspaper. Flash floods in South Asia are a common occurrence, particularly in the monsoon months between June and October, with hundreds dying and millions displaced across the region both [last year](http://time.com/3985236/south-asia-floods-india-burma-pakistan/ "undefined") and the [year before](http://time.com/3315643/hundreds-now-dead-in-india-pakistan-floods-as-rescue-efforts-slammed/ "undefined"). \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cd1814646f7346a5828e2b8c135ad49a/official-rain-floods-kill-36-northwest-pakistan "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4280247/pakistan-flash-floods/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4280247/pakistan-flash-floods/"},"headline":"Flash Floods in Pakistan Leave at Least 45 Dead, Officials Say","datePublished":"2016-04-04T04:02:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:25:34.367Z","description":"More than 30 others have been hospitalized","url":"https://time.com/4280247/pakistan-flash-floods/","keywords":["Pakistan","natural disaster","Kashmir"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee2e41b1a28b9a3/69888d81428a9e558fcd20dc/ap_144730899916.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee2e41b1a28b9a3/69888d81428a9e558fcd20dc/ap_144730899916.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pakistan Rain Deaths","caption":"Pakistan Rain Deaths","creditText":"Mohammad Sajjad—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pakistan/","name":"Pakistan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4280247/pakistan-flash-floods/","name":"Flash Floods in Pakistan Leave at Least 45 Dead, Officials Say"}}]}] ```