Fierce windstorm claims three lives, 14 injured in KP

PESHAWAR: A fierce windstorm lashed Peshawar and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa late Sunday night claimed at least three lives while 14 were injured in different incidents, ARY News reported on Monday.

Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in a report on losses in the ferocious storm said that the weather event claimed lives of two men and a child.

A man was killed in Khyber, while a tower and several solar panels fell down due to strong winds. The man was killed by a falling solar panel.

Moreover, eight men, three women and three children were among 14 injured in the windstorm.

“The storm partially damaged five properties including three houses and two building,” PDMA shared in the report of losses.

“Apart of it, incidents of falling walls and uprooted trees were also reported from Charsadda, Khyber, Nowshera and Peshawar,” according to the report.