{"id":75498,"date":"2025-05-25T12:41:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=75498"},"modified":"2025-05-25T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T07:41:54","slug":"13-people-dead-90-injured-in-punjab-rainstorm-pdma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/13-people-dead-90-injured-in-punjab-rainstorm-pdma\/","title":{"rendered":"13 people dead, 90 injured in Punjab rainstorm: PDMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority<\/a> (PDMA) said<\/span> a severe<\/span> storm that<\/span> hit<\/span> several<\/span> areas<\/span> across Punjab has<\/span> resulted<\/span> in<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 13 deaths<\/span>\u00a0and injured 92 people.<\/p>\n

As per the PDMA spokesperson, in Lahore, three people<\/span> died<\/span> directly<\/span> from<\/span> the storm and strong<\/span> winds<\/a>. There<\/span> were also fatalities<\/span> in other districts, which<\/span> included<\/span> one<\/span> each in the<\/span> districts<\/span> of<\/span> Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Sialkot, and Mianwali;<\/span> whereas<\/span> Jhelum<\/span> had<\/span> three<\/span> fatalities<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson<\/span> also<\/span> noted<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> storm caused damage to a<\/span> large<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> mud houses and old<\/span> buildings<\/span>.<\/span> In<\/span> Lahore<\/span>, it<\/span> was<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> there<\/span> were<\/span> fallen trees and damage<\/span> done<\/span> to<\/span> solar<\/span> panels<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The PDMA has instructed<\/span> commissioners, deputy commissioners, and rescue agencies across the province to be<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> state<\/span> of<\/span> high alert in<\/span> case<\/span> of<\/span> any<\/span> emergency<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The authority has<\/span> kept<\/span> its<\/span> control<\/span> room<\/span> in<\/span> the province<\/span> open<\/span> 24<\/span> hours<\/span> a<\/span> day<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> carry<\/span> out<\/span> its<\/span> duty<\/span> to assist<\/span> those<\/span> affected<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> its<\/span> provincial policy, reported<\/span> PDMA<\/span> Director<\/span> General<\/span> Irfan<\/span> Ali<\/span> Kathia<\/span>.<\/p>\n

According<\/span> to<\/span> Punjab Relief Commissioner Nabeel Javed,<\/span> all<\/span> possible medical support<\/span> is being provided to those injured in incidents<\/span> related to<\/span> the<\/span> storm<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In another<\/span> event<\/span>,<\/span> a flight<\/span> by<\/span> a private airline travelling<\/span> from Karachi to Lahore experienced<\/span> severe<\/span> turbulence after entering a severe<\/span> windstorm.<\/p>\n

Reports<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> flight<\/span> indicate<\/span> that<\/span> the aircraft was<\/span> caught in the windstorm<\/span> for several minutes, leading<\/span> to<\/span> panic and<\/span> fear<\/span> among passengers, many of whom were heard reciting prayers<\/span> during the distressing<\/span> experience<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said a severe storm that hit several areas across Punjab has resulted in at least 13 deaths\u00a0and injured 92 people. As per the PDMA spokesperson, in Lahore, three people died directly from the storm and strong winds. There were also fatalities in other districts, which included one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1385,29004,12042],"class_list":["post-75498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pdma","tag-13-people-dead-due-to-heavy-rain","tag-punjab-rain-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75499,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75498\/revisions\/75499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}