In two incidents of rooftop collapse during rainfall in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five people including three children were killed, ARY News reported on Sunday.

In Lahore’s Badami Bagh Zafar Park area, the roof of a house caved in during rainfall leaving two people dead and two injured. The rescuers retrieved two injured from the house debris.

The roof of a dilapidated house in Reshmi Kalla Mandan was collapsed during heavy rainfall in Bannu, trapping five persons sleeping in the house under the debris.

Three children were among those who died after being buried under the rubble. The rescuers shifted the injured to hospital for medical attendance.

The incidents highlight the vulnerability of homes and residents to collapsing roofs during heavy rainfall, leaving families to pick up the pieces and try to rebuild their lives.