KARACHI: At least 20 people were killed as monsoon rains lashed Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, officials and charity groups confirmed Wednesday, while flooding also triggered power outages and overwhelmed the metropolis’s fragile infrastructure.
Authorities said the deaths occurred largely due to electrocutions caused by ill-maintained power lines, even as large segments of the city suffered hours-long outages that lasted up to a day in some areas.
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