11 Die As Heavy Rains, Storms Hit Punjab Cities.

Eleven people were killed in two rain-related incidents in Lahore and Sarai Alamgir on Friday.

After a long spell of heatwave in which temperatures were gone up as high as 48 degree Celsius though the much-awaited rain brought relief for the heat-stricken people but at the same time, the heavy wet showers brought miseries along with them.

The rain poured hard in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lalamusa, Laliyan, Dina, Nankana Sahib, Sangla Hill and Rawalakot.

The heavy rain proved both bane and boon for the citizens as a family of six was perished when their car lost control due to pounding rain and fell into a canal in Sarai Alamgir.

Rescue officials managed to take out the car from the canal after a hectic effort of 3 hours. They also fished out dead bodies of all six car riders who were drowned and shifted the bodies to a hospital.

The dead included one toddler and five adults. They were identified as: Saeed (23) Saif (2), Rashida Begum (70), Abida Parveen (50), Nadia (28) and Shaheen Akhtar (45).

They belonged to the same family and were residents of Kohar, Sarai Alamgir.

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