RAWALPINDI: At the least three folks, together with two kids, died whereas 5 different folks have been injured as a strong storm ripped by means of the Rawalpindi district on Friday.
The storm brought on the collapse of roofs apart from uprooting a number of bushes, and electrical energy poles in Rawalpindi and Gujar Khan. Heavy rain was additionally reported from totally different elements of Rawalpindi; nevertheless, the climate calmed after a short time.
The primary incident occurred in Qazian village the place two kids – Ali Hassan, 9, and eight-year-old Zila Hassan – died whereas two different kids recognized as Aliza, 12, and Farhan, 4, have been injured after the roof of their home caved in, police stated.
Shortly after the incident, Rescue 1122 workers reached the spot and shifted the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital Rawalpindi, stated a police official.
One other 55-year-old lady was injured critically in the identical space after a wall of her home collapsed. A 13-year-old lady, Areeba, additionally died in a roof collapse incident within the Sangni space of Gujar Khan, police and Rescue 1122 sources stated.
Revealed in Daybreak, Might twenty fifth, 2024