5 killed as heavy rain damages house in Pakistan
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 09:32 | 17 June 2022
- Modified Date: 09:38 | 17 June 2022
At least five people were killed and several others wounded when a house roof collapsed due to heavy rain in northeastern Pakistan on Thursday night, a local official said.
"Five people of same family including three children were killed while one more was injured in a roof collapse in Lahore," the spokesman for the Emergency Service Department in the Punjab province said in a statement.
Two other people were also wounded in rain-related incidents in other parts of the city.
According to the Meteorological Department, heavy rains will continue across the country until June 22.
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