{"id":38029,"date":"2023-06-27T16:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T23:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=38029"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T23:07:48","slug":"10-killed-in-pakistani-lightning-strikes-during-pre-monsoon-rains-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/10-killed-in-pakistani-lightning-strikes-during-pre-monsoon-rains-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"10 killed in Pakistani lightning strikes during pre-monsoon rains in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lightning strikes across Pakistan\u2019s Punjab province killed at least 10 people, officials said Monday as heavy pre-monsoon rains ravaged the area, according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the news outlet, lightning strikes are a frequent occurrence across Pakistan, especially in the mountainous areas and plains of Punjab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More rains are expected in the upcoming week, which could trigger some some flash flooding, the AP reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, during the monsoon season \u2014 which runs from July to September, many areas of Pakistan struggle, says the publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, 1,739 people across the country lost their lives, approximately 8 million people were displaced and $30 billion in losses happened because of flooding triggered by rains, the report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lightning strikes across Pakistan\u2019s Punjab province killed at least 10 people, officials said Monday as heavy pre-monsoon rains ravaged the area, according to the Associated Press. According to the news outlet, lightning strikes are a frequent occurrence across Pakistan, especially in the mountainous areas and plains of Punjab. More rains are expected in the upcoming week, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":38030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[288],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cww7news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LIG-e1687907260565.jpg?fit=700%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38031,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38029\/revisions\/38031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}