ISLAMABAD, July 14 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured after a residential house collapsed during heavy rain on Monday evening in the Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, rescue officials said.
An official from the Rescue 1122 said late Monday night that torrential rainfall caused the house to cave in the Malgin area of Lachi area of the district, trapping 23 people under the rubble.
Rescue teams from Kohat and the neighboring Karak district launched an operation and successfully pulled all the victims from the debris and shifted them to a nearby hospital.
The deceased included six women and three children, said the official, fearing that the death toll could rise as some of the injured are in critical condition.
The house collapse came as monsoon rains continued to lash several parts of Pakistan, triggering flash floods, damaging infrastructure and disrupting daily life.
Earlier on Monday, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of the province warned that additional water could be released from dams over the next two days due to rising inflows. ■