Lahore: 6 July 2023: 17 People lost their lives, in Punjab on Wednesday as a result of two strong rainstorms, seven of which occurred in Lahore. The Met Department has issued a warning for additional, potentially deadlier showers over the following three days.
According to the (PDMA), three people were electrocuted in the province capital as better areas of the city and the infrastructure of Lahore Electric Supply Company were swamped by rain.
One person drowned in each of Lahore and Layyah as rains flooded low-lying portions of both cities, and three people died in the city when their roofs could not survive downpour spells and severe winds.A boy in Kasur was killed by lightning in Sahjra, a village close to the Pakistan-India border, under the Ganda Singh police district.