Heavy thundershowers expected in Karachi today

KARACHI: After days of light to heavy intermittent rainfall, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said Karachi was likely to receive heavy downpour accompanied by thunder on Sunday. 

Currently, different areas of the city including Sharea Faisal, Malir, MA Jinnah Road, Saddar and Old City Area are receiving intermittent drizzling. 

The PMD said the south-western wind was blowing at a speed of 11 kilometers an hour. Whereas, the temperature may climb up to 32 °C maximum during the day.

Additionally, it said, the humidity in the air was 85% in the morning.

The Met Office on Friday predicted one or two spells of heavy rains in Karachi from August 4 to 7 in a new weather forecast.

Notably, the weather department cautioned that many parts of the metropolis can experience rainfall between 40mm to 60mm, few areas are also likely to see record rainfall of 100mm during the probable upcoming spell.

Earlier, the PMD had forecast moderate to torrential rains in Karachi from August 3 to 5.

Moreover, heavy rain showers lashed different areas of Karachi on July 31, inundating the low-lying areas of the provincial capital city amid prediction of more heavy showers.

Different parts of the port city, including Saddar, II Chundrigar Road, Baldia Town, Defence and North Karachi had received intermittent showers last night.

People should pray rains are as much as can be handled: Saeed Ghani

On the other hand, Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has appealed to the people to pray that as much rains occur as the Sindh government could handle.

Ghani, in a conversation with journalists in Hyderabad, said the system did not have enough capacity to remove the rainwater immediately.

He said that the situation in the province was better now than in 2022, and efforts were being made to improve it further.

The minister said that they were trying to reduce the problems of people during the rains, however, they could not ensure that people should not be worried, because the system was not so efficient that rainwater could be drained immediately.

Ghani said that even in developed countries water accumulated on roads during rains.