At least six people, including a child, were killed, 26 injured in rain-related incidents in various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In Peshawar, three persons were killed and 19 others injured due to thunder storm and torrential rains while three houses were damaged, said a report of Provincial Disaster Management Authority relating to recent torrential rains and thunder storm in the province issued here on Wednesday.
In Swabi, at least two persons were killed and two injured
Similarly, the report said that a man was killed in Kohat while four people in Mardan district and one person in DI Kahn injured.
Six houses damaged in the heavy downpour, coupled with thunder and lightning that was lashed the province.
PDMA has issued directives to district administration to ensure assistance under relief fund in rain-hit areas of the province.
Meanwhile, the bad weather also ripped off the ceiling of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project stations - identified as Station No.26 in Tajabad.
However, Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) spokesperson Umair Afridi said no other BRT stations were affected despite the harsh weather.