A lightning strike killed a group of farmers harvesting wheat in one province. Heavy rains also caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest and east of the country.
Lightning and heavy rains killed at least 49 people across Pakistan over three days, officials said, as authorities in the country’s southwest declared a state of emergency.
Some deaths occurred when lightning struck farmers harvesting wheat. Rains caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest and in eastern Punjab province.
Arfan Kathia, a spokesman for the provincial disaster management authority, said on Monday that 21 people had died in Punjab, where more rains were expected this week. Khursheed Anwar, a spokesman for the disaster management authority in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, said 21 people died there.
