Hailstorm hits twin cities
April 23, 2021
Islamabad: The residents of Islamabad and adjoining city of Rawalpindi were pleasantly surprised on Thursday afternoon by a brief spell of dark clouds, strong winds, rainfall and hailstorm.
The weather condition lasted for less than half an hour before the sun shone brightly again.
The residents, especially children, went to the rooftops and balconies to see the uncommon fall of small hailstones from the sky. The Met Office forecast rainfall coupled with wind and thunderstorm in northeast Punjab, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan for Friday. It, however, said dry weather would prevail elsewhere in the country.
National
April 22, 2021
Rawalpindi: As many as 13 patients from Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi district died of coronavirus illness, COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and it happened only for the third time in the year 2021 that over 12 patients lost their lives due to the illness from the region in a single day.
Meanwhile, the number of patients being reported from Rawalpindi district has registered a sharp increase in the last two days as 484 new patients have been tested positive for COVID-19 from the district in the last 48 hours.
Data collected by ‘The News’ on Wednesday reveals that another 660 patients have been tested positive for COVID-19 from ICT and Rawalpindi district in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases reported from the twin cities to 91,815 of which 1,483 patients have so far died of the illness.