93 killed in Pak. rain

ISLAMABAD, JULY 23. The heaviest torrential rain in 100 years in Pakistan killed at least 93 people besides washing away a village and lashing major cities today, officials said.

More than 100 people were injured as the torrential rain hit parts of northwestern Pakistan.

Lightning struck two villages in northwest frontier province and lashed major cities in the country. Dadar village in Mansehra district was washed away when lightning struck at 3:30 a.m. killing 65 people and injuring 100 others. Nine persons are missing. Officials said 25 people were killed in the mountaneous Buner area of the same province when lightning hit a village there.

According to the SP, Islamabad, a child and a woman were killed there while another child was killed in Rawalpindi. Islamabad received 620 mm rains in 100 years. Rains destroyed `Kachi abadis' (Islamabad), where most of the Christians lived.

- PTI

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