LAHORE/ SAHIWAL Eight people, including six women, as storm and lightning struck in Lahore and Faisalabad while hailstorm and heavy rain were also reported in some parts of the province. Seven people were killed while 80 others injured in Sahiwal alone. However, the rain also brought relief from scorching summer heat to the people. The Met Office forecast more rains in the central and southern part of Punjab in the next week. Traffic was disrupted as sign boards were unhooked and tree uprooted in areas visited by storm, cutting them off with the surrounding areas. The supply of electricity was also disrupted. Seven people including a woman were killed while 80 others injured in thunderstorm which hit Sahiwal city and its surrounding areas on Saturday night. According to hospital sources, a rickshaw driver died on the spot when a signboard of a private mobile company fell on him at Sadar Chowk. Two people were killed in Small Industry Area, one in Muslim bin Akeel Colony, a woman belonging to Malka Hans was also killed during the thunderstorm. Many trees and electric poles fell down. The deceased were identified as Zawar Hussain, Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Ramzan, Waseem Ahmed, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Shahid and a woman Sabira Bibi. Twenty people sustained burn injures while a man was killed in an incident of lightning in Kamalia. Three of the injured were brought to Faisalabad while seven wounded were carried to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital. All of them were told to be in critical condition. Two people were injured in roof collapse in Thekrianwala in Faisalabad, while traffic was halted on the Canal Road due to uprooting of the trees. The area was also struck by a hailstorm. The windstorm was followed by heavy rain and hails in the Adda Kasowaal in Chechawatni. Hailstorm destroyed crops in Sargodha. Six people were injured, besides many animals, in Farooqabad as a storm brought with it huge-sized hails. The news of storm were also received from Bahawalpur, Samma Satha, Mandi Bahauddin and Toba Tek Sing. Lightning also killed three women of a family in Athara Hazari and a man in Kamalia. One women was killed and three women and a child were injured in storm-related incidents in Pakpatten.