Overview
- The dust and wind storm that struck Shaheed Benazirabad on Tuesday night killed between nine and 11 people and injured dozens after signboards, rooftop solar panels and weak structures collapsed onto bystanders.
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department recorded gusts up to 95 km/h during the event, which also brought rain and hail across parts of Sindh.
- Power companies reported heavy damage to transmission lines and feeders and said dozens of grid stations were affected while residents said outages persisted for up to about 30 hours in some areas.
- Rescue 1122, district officials and hospital teams declared emergencies and moved dozens of injured people to Peoples Medical University Hospital Nawabshah where 32 were treated and 10 remained under care.
- The storm was part of a wider severe-weather outbreak across multiple provinces that eased a recent heatwave but raised risks to weak structures and stretched local emergency and repair services as officials assess human and financial losses.