A video shared on social media captured the terrifying moment a multi-story luxury hotel in Pakistan is swept away by floods from the raging Swat River.
The iconic New Honeymoon Hotel in Kalam was reduced to rubble in a matter of seconds, due to the torrential rains that the country is currently suffering.
With more than 40 rooms, the hotel used to be one of the biggest and most expensive resorts in Kalam. Several users took to Twitter to share clips of the devastation.
Here is one of the videos showing the destruction of the New Honeymoon Hotel in Kalam:
Fortunately, there were no casualties during the incident as hotel guests and staff were evacuated on 23 of August. Pakistani journalist and managing director of Geo News, Azhar Abbas, shared a clip of the hotel’s destruction on Twitter.
He wrote: “Iconic new honeymoon hotel in Kalam completely destroyed due to flash rains and floods. Unprecedented rains wreaked havoc across the country, with Baluchistan, Sindh and South Punjab the hardest hit.”
The torrential rains in Pakistan this year have broken new records. But it has also caused severe flash flooding and wreaked havoc on infrastructure.
According to the National Disaster Management Authority, more than 950 people have died since mid-June, while 1,456 have been injured.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has already declared an emergency and the country has begun receiving aid from China and other international donor agencies.
“The wave of Ongoing rain has caused devastation across the country. The losses, although not yet documented, are comparable to the flash floods of 2010. Grateful to the international community for their sympathies, condolences and promises of support. Together we will build back better,” Sharif wrote on Twitter.
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