Karachi: At least 11 persons including brother and sister have been killed in various rain and storm-related incidents during the last 24 hours.
Heavy rains had lashed the city last evening and continued into late night. Many areas of the city were lashed by heavy rains again this morning.
A signboard erected in the cattle market on Super Highway, crushed to death a boy. Meanwhile, a woman was electrocuted near Aga Khan Jamaat Khana in North Nazimabad area.
Meanwhile, two motorcyclists Mansoor and Haris were killed when wet electricity cables plunged on the road in Garden area.
Separately, a man was electrocuted to death in New Karachi area of Karachi. A dilapidated house’s roof caved-in near Disco More area of New Karachi due to heavy rain, leaving two siblings identified Maryam, 14 and brother Junaid, 12, dead. A woman and a man were compressed to death as roofs of house caved-in in Lassigoth and Faqirgoth. Meanwhile, Kaneez Fatima and unidentified person were killed as their houses roof collapsed near Gulshan and Clifton areas of Karachi.