ISLAMABAD: At least 13 people including women and children were killed several others sustain injuries on Wednesday when heavy rainfall and deadly thunderstorm struck upper parts of Pakistan.
As per details, heavy rain slammed federally administered tribal areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, causing widespread devastation.
Four people, two of them women, were killed in Nowshehra and Jamrud towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One child was reportedly killed in Charsadda, rescue sources said.
Heavy Strom. In #Rawalpindi / #Islamabad pic.twitter.com/NMlkQaem2U
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At least eight people were killed and more than 50 were wounded in Islamabad.
According to police, a mother and her two daughters were killed when the roof of their house caved in at Margalla Town.
One student lost his live after wall of a local seminary collapsed in F-7 sector. Another two people were killed in separate incidents of wall collapses.
Rescue officials said that 40 people were brought to Polyclinic Hospital while 10 were shifted to PIMS Hospital.
A fire broke out at a vegetable market in the capital city when power cables fell on it due to strong winds. Fire brigade teams reached the scene and kicked off efforts to extinguish the blaze.
@FIFPakistan1 Volunteers are conducting Rescue Operation in different effected areas of #Islamabad.#HappeningNow pic.twitter.com/YOAAxMhlf7
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According to aviation sources, flight operation was suspended at Benazir International Airport in Islamabad due to the bad weather.
In addition, Metro bus service was also halted in the capital after strong winds broke windows of metro stations.
