Monsoon deluge kills 21 in Sindh: officials

KARACHI: Devastating rains in sindh province killed at least 21 people overnight, destroying crops and houses in the flood-prone south of the country, a government official said Friday.

"At least 21 people died, most of them because of falling roofs during rains on Thursday night," said Sajjad Haider Shah, an official at the disaster management authority in the southern province of Sindh.

Fifteen of the deaths occurred in the Mirpurkhas district, which was worst-affected, he told AFP.

"The rains have also destroyed crops and forced hundreds of people to leave their homes," said Shah.

The meteorological office forecast more rain this week.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011