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At least 14 killed in lightning strike in KP's Torghar district

Police officials said that the bodies of 14 people have been recovered from the debris of the...

PESHAWAR: At least 14 people were killed and three others injured in a lightning strike in Torgarh district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The incident took place in a remote area of Torghar where torrential monsoon rains and landslides have caused havoc since Wednesday.

Police officials said that the bodies of 14 people have been recovered from the debris of the houses and the bodies and injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital.

Rescue operations are underway for others trapped under the debris.

The monsoon, which usually lasts from June to September, is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing water supplies across the Indian subcontinent, but each year also brings a wave of destruction.

In a similar incident in November 2019, some 18 people were killed by a lightning strike in Pakistan's Thar desert.

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