<span style="color: #222222;">In Pakistan, the death toll from torrential rains and flash floods in Balochistan last evening rose to 15 as heavy downpour continued to batter several districts, destroying houses and damaging infrastructure.<br />''<br />''Officials said that the recent deaths were reported in Zhob, Qilla Saifullah, Kohlu, Naushki and Lasbela where rainfall over the past 24 hours caused flash floods.<br />''<br />''Local media reported that heavy rainfall in catchment areas of streams was resulting in floods in different areas, however, the district still remained cut-off from other areas due to damage to roads and bridges.<br />''<br />''Earlier, media reports that that some 13,000 houses have been fully destroyed or partially damaged in Balochistan, which recorded the highest death toll, followed by Sindh including Pakistan's biggest city Karachi.</span><br />