The south-west monsoon continued a lethal streak in Pakistan this week, with torrential rain on Wednesday killing at the least 63 individuals. After starting life as showers and thunderstorms in north-west India this week, a extra organised space of low strain developed, merging showers into a bigger space of heavy rain as they moved into the Pakistani province of Punjab. This rain tracked roughly north throughout Punjab on Tuesday night time and into Wednesday, hitting a number of main cities together with Lahore and the capital, Islamabad. The best rainfall was within the metropolis of Chakwal, which recorded 423mm (16.6in), greater than double the July common.
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