Sharjah24 - WAM: Pakistan’s cultural city of Lahore saw record-high rainfall early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, while flooding streets, disrupting traffic and affecting daily life, officials said, as the death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month surpassed 100.
In a statement carried by the Associated Press (AP), the National Disaster Management Authority said that 99 people died in rain-related incidents in July and most of the deaths were reported in eastern Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
The latest spell of downpours started before dawn and is expected to continue for a week at intervals, according to the NDMA. In an advisory, it said the rains are likely to cause flash flooding and landslides.
The monsoon rains also lashed Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, and other areas.
The latest spell of rains in Lahore was so heavy that it quickly flooded many streets and rainwater entered some wards in the Jinnah and Services hospitals in the capital of Punjab province, causing problems for patients undergoing treatment there.
Some areas in the city received a record-high 353 millimetres of rainfall in a few hours, breaking a 44-year-old record in Lahore, according to the water and sanitation agency. In a statement, it said efforts were underway to pump rainwater off of main roads.
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