Heavy rains kill 37 in northwest Pakistan

DAILY MAIL, APRIL 27- Heavy rains and strong winds tore through northwest Pakistan on Sunday, uprooting trees, collapsing buildings and killing at least 37 people, officials said.

The storm also injured over 200 people, provincial Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani said. Winds reached up to 120 kph (75 mph), said Lutfur Rehman, a local disaster management official. “It was very unusual. It took people by surprise,” Rehman said. Pakistan typically experiences such rains during its monsoon season in June and July. An emergency was declared at all local hospitals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where Peshawar is the capital, Ghani said.