LAHORE
\nHeavy rainfall that began at 5am on Thursday lashed Lahore for over six hours, submerging low-lying areas, paralysing traffic, and causing structural damage in several districts across Punjab. The rain stopped around 11:30am, but drainage work by WASA teams is still ongoing.
\nNishtar Town received the heaviest downpour, recording 182mm, while rainwater entered homes in Dharampura, Shah Jamal, Choburji, and surrounding localities. Vehicles and motorcycles were stranded in deep water, especially in underpasses and along major roads.
\nA house and mosque in Shah Jamal were also flooded. Wall and roof collapse incidents were reported in Lahore, Okara, Sheikhupura, and Pattoki, leaving five people dead, including a woman and two children, and injuring several others.
\nIn Sheikhupura, two children \u2014 5-year-old Fatima and 2-year-old Arham \u2014 were killed when their home\u2019s roof collapsed. In Pattoki, a 55-year-old woman named Salma Bibi and a 12-year-old boy named Sujawal lost their lives in separate incidents. In Lahore, a boy was electrocuted while bathing in rainwater collected in a vacant plot near Lari Adda.
\nLahore\u2019s Katchi Abadis and underpasses were heavily affected, including areas around Kalma Chowk, Ferozepur Road, Haji Camp, Canal Road, and Harbanspura. Despite ongoing drainage efforts, many neighbourhoods remained waterlogged. The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) reported outages on 142 feeders, disrupting power supply in many areas. CEO LESCO urged citizens to avoid power poles and infrastructure during wet conditions and said restoration work would begin once rain stopped. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Heavy rainfall that began at 5am on Thursday lashed Lahore for over six hours, submerging low-lying areas, paralysing traffic, and causing structural damage in several districts across Punjab. The rain stopped around 11:30am, but drainage work by WASA teams is still ongoing. Nishtar Town received the heaviest downpour, recording 182mm, while rainwater entered homes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-489490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n