14 killed as lightning hits three houses in village of northwest Pakistan

Peshawar

Violent rains, coupled with lightning and thunder, began on Saturday night and continued till the early hours of Sunday, destroying the three mud houses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province’s Torghar village, officials said. These mountainous districts under Hazara Division are usually prone to mudslides and rain-related incidents during the monsoon months. Locals and rescue teams retrieved the bodies from the debris and shifted two injured persons to Abbottabad Hospital.