At least 20 people including children were killed and over 150 injured in Pakistan’s Punjab as windstorms and rains battered the province on Saturday. The storm paralysed road and air traffic, damaged infrastructure and caused widespread power outages. Officials said that most deaths occurred due to the collapse of dilapidated houses or getting trapped under fallen billboards.

“At least 20 people, , were killed and over 150 injured in various parts of Punjab in incidents related to powerful windstorms and heavy rains,” the provincial government said on Sunday. Gusty winds and hail also hit the capital, Islamabad, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, causing extensive damage to crops and power lines.