Storm breaks heat spell, disrupts electricity, flight schedules

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LAHORE: Storm in early hours of Wednesday caused the heat spell to subside however, electricity supply was disrupted causing the city to plunge into darkness.

According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), a shallow westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country and may persist until Wednesday night.

Winds of up to  67 kilometres per hour were recorded, with rain causing at least 25 electricity feeders to trip in Lahore.

Electricity supply to various areas of Lahore including DHA, Garden Town, Iqbal Town, Model Town, Muslim Town, Shalimar Town, Shadman, Gulshan Ravi, Batapur, Harbanspura, Samanabad and Misri Shah was disrupted.

According to the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), 22 feeders have been restored while the remaining will be restored soon.

Bad weather in Lahore, caused flight operations at Lahore airport to be suspended until 7am. According to airport officials, eleven Lahore-bound flights were cancelled due to bad weather.

Later, flight operations resumed as the weather improved.