Storms kill 20 people in Pakistan

Heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi today, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens of others, police and rescue officials said.

Heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi today, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens of others, police and rescue officials said.

At least 10 people were electrocuted after being hit by electrical wires cut by stormy weather.

Ten others died when the roofs of their homes collapsed in the country’s biggest city, said Mohib Ali, a senior police official.

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