Overview
- Severe pre‑monsoon storms between June 11 and June 13 produced lightning, dust storms, heavy rain and strong winds that killed people across Pakistan and India and left many injured.
- In Hyderabad on Saturday a father and his 16‑year‑old daughter were electrocuted after a fallen tree and a snapped streetlight cable contacted their car, bringing the city’s electrocution toll to four in a few days.
- Power experts and local reports say live snapped wires stayed energised because relay protection may not have tripped and insulators could be faulty, and officials note a split of responsibility between power distributors and municipal bodies for streetlight poles.
- Wind and rain also caused repeated structural collapses of weak roofs, tin sheds and boundary walls that buried families in Sheopur, Kasganj and Bannu, and rescue teams have conducted searches, post‑mortems and damage assessments.
- Authorities have urged people to report snapped wires to the TGSPDCL helpline 1912 and not touch fallen lines, and the incidents have renewed calls for pre‑monsoon pruning, relay and insulator checks and clearer maintenance accountability.