HARIPUR Four members of a family, including two children, were killed when the roof a house caved in due to rain in Khanpur town of Haripur Monday night.

Police and residents said Mohammad Wazir, his wife and three children were asleep in the room when the incident occurred. Neighbours rushed to the house and retrieved four bodies from the rubble.

Mr Wazir, his wife Rehana Bibi, son Qasim Mehmood, 8, and daughter Uzma Bibi, 6, were killed. Another daughter of Mr Wazir, Asma Bibi, 10, suffered minor bruises and was taken to hospital.

Heavy rain in parts of the district continued intermittently, damaging mud houses in rural areas.

ABBOTTABAD

The Abbottabad city received the first snowfall of the current season, while two to three feet snow was reported in Thandiyani, Nathiagali and other parts of the Galayt.

The road from Abbottabad to Nathiagali and Murree has been closed for traffic in the Geha village and link roads in Galayt have also been closed for two days.

Power supply to Galayt has been suspended for two days, which has also led to disruption of the communication link.

According to police sources, due to snow fall and heavy rains, electricity supply lines are broken at different places and it has been reported to the Pesco complaint office that some lines are lying on houses that can cause mishap.

The Abbottabad-Thandiyani road has been closed at Kala Pani and the main road from Pattan Kalan to Thandiyani and Abbottabad has also been blocked for three days. Disruption of power supply has also led to water shortage in different areas.

MANSEHRA

Upper parts of the Hazara division on Tuesday continued to receive heavy snow.

Mansehra, Battagram and Kohistan districts received heavy rain and snowfall for the fifth day. The snowfall triggered landslides blocking the Karakoram Highway at three places in Kohistan. The Kaghan-Naran section of the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road remained blocked.

A driver was killed and two others sustained injuries when an avalanche hit a truck in the Mubdrazai area of Kohistan, police said. The truck was on its way to Gilgit from Rawalpindi. Driver Mohammad Naeem of Havalian was killed.

SWABI

Thunderstorm along with torrential rain hit the district and its surrounding regions on Monday night.

Boundary walls of some houses, especially mud houses, collapsed in Bamkhel, Baja, Maneri, Chota Lahor and some other regions. In Bamkhel, the boundary wall of a business centre collapsed, but there was no casualty.

The thunderstorm caused suspension of power in many areas for the whole night. Sources in the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company told Dawn that power supply had been restored in the city areas.

The officials admitted that far-flung areas and the mountainous belt of the district experienced prolonged electricity suspension.

The torrential rain also exposed the fragile civic system in the district headquarters, Topi tehsil and the Chota Lahor tehsil. Roads and low-lying areas came under rainwater. Drains and sewerage lines in bazaars of the Topi tehsil were chocked and sewage was overflowing on roads and streets.

There were also reports that water entered some shops and houses in some areas.

ALPURI

Main and link roads remained closed in the Shangla district on Tuesday as rain affected the communication system and paralysed routine life. Landslide blocked the Shangla-Besham road at different points.

MINGORA

Rain and snowfall continued to lash the Swat district for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, disrupting communication links and power supply.

The Kalam-Mingora road remained blocked.