Karachi to receive more rainfall till August 06: Met Office

KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast rainfall with wind and thunderstorms in Karachi and adjoining areas till August 06.

A strong monsoon winds system influencing Sindh from Rajasthan, India and the Arabian Sea, according to the weather report.

Some areas of Karachi could receive medium to heavy rainfall, MET department said. The new monsoon rain spell will continue in the city with intermissions.

Met Office said that Keamari received maximum rainfall 41mm since the rain started yesterday.

The metropolis received light to heavy rainfall in the night in various localities. Karachi’s Keamari, Saddar, Mauripur, Lyari, Old city area, Shara-e-Faisal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Liaquatabad and Federal B Area received rain.

Parallel to this, the Met Office had predicted rain showers with lightning in different areas of Sindh as strong monsoon winds entering from Rajasthan and Arabian Sea are likely to influence the region.

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Sindh’s Karachi, Mithi, Sanghar, Umarkot, Tharparkar, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur, Naushehro Feroz, Badin, Sujawal Thatta, Hyderabad, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Larkano, Jacobabad, Dadu and other districts also likely to receive monsoon rains today.

The lowlying areas, roads and markets in Sukkur submerged in heavy rain.

Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted that the ongoing rain spell will persist in Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir till August 06.

It is also possible that Sindh’s low-lying areas can be inundated due to the heavy rains. Moreover, Kirthar as well as rivers and nullahs present in the mountainous regions of Balochistan are at risk of flooding in case of heavy rains, as per the Met Office.

Apart from this, Daddu, Qambar Shahdadkot, Jacobabad and Jamshoro may also face flash floods as a result of heavy rains, it added.