A group of 125 people, including women and children, were rescued from Mangla Dam (a large reservoir in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir) on Thursday night after a sudden thunderstorm left them stranded on a floating transport platform. The group, employees of a life insurance company and their families, had been returning from a day trip to the 16th-century Ramkot Fort when severe winds and heavy rain destabilised the vessel around 8pm. Police and Rescue 1122 teams responded within 20 minutes, ferrying all passengers to safety by 10pm with no reported casualties.