Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in the southwest

ISLAMABAD — Lightning and heavy rains have killed at least 49 people across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities in the country's southwest declared a state of emergency.Some deaths occurred when lightning struck farmers harvesting wheat. Rains caused dozens of houses to collapse in the northwest and in eastern Punjab province.

Pakistan’s water reservoirs would improve because of the rains, he said.Rafay Alam, a Pakistani environmental expert, said such heavy April rainfall is unusual.“Two years ago, Pakistan witnessed a heat wave in March and April and now we are witnessing rains and it is all of because of climate change, which had caused heavy flooding in 2022,” he said.In 2022, downpours swelled rivers and at one point inundated one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 people.

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