Thirteen died due to record-breaking heavy rains and lightning strikes before the monsoon season in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab state. In addition, 15 were reported to be injured. In the city, where roads were flooded and buildings were severely damaged, there were power outages as a result of the failure of 150 electricity supply circuits.
Portugal’s Civil Protection Service said one person died while battling flames near Mirandela, raising the death toll from this summer’s wildfires to three. Fifteen others were injured near Sabugal.
Crews are fighting four major blazes, mainly in the north and center. Over 201,000 hectares have burned since mid-July, already surpassing the total area destroyed in all of 2024.
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