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Five dead as wild weather rips through parts of Pakistan
Gulf Today
|April 18, 2025
A destructive hailstorm ripped through parts of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Thursday, damaging properties and standing crops worth millions, officials said on Thursday.
Several vehicles were damaged in Islamabad as hailstones as big as the size of a golf ball battered the region. The capital's famous Faisal Mosque also suffered damage with windows broken due to the hailstorm.
Several politicians took to X to share their storm experiences, describing the wild weather as both intense and oddly refreshing - a dramatic spell that brought a welcome break from the heat, reported Geo News.
The "golf ball-sized" hailstones damaged property across the capital, with multitudes of people sharing photos of broken car windscreens and windows. Homes and markets were seen littered with debris and hail, and even the roof of the Faisal Mosque sustained some damage.
Locals said they had never witnessed such a hailstorm in the capital before.
This story is from the April 18, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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