Dangerous Thunder Storm shattered, Islamabad and Rawalpindi
13 people died till now, including women and children, were killed and others were wounded on Wednesday when heavy rainfall and deadly thunderstorm struck upper parts of Pakistan 2016.
According to the sources heavy downpour slammed tribal areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, causing widespread destruction.
according to the rescuers four people, two of them women, were killed in Nowshehra and Jamrud towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One child was reportedly killed in Charsadda.
At least eight people were killed and more than 50 were wounded in Islamabad.
police sources said, a mother and her two daughters were killed when the roof of their house collapsed in Margalla Town.
One student also died after wall of a collapsed in F-7 sector. Another two people were killed in separate incidents of wall collapses.
According to the rescue officials,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.
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.
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