Thunderstorms are expected in Karachi over the next 24 hours, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
In the early hours of the day, drizzle fell in several parts of the city.
Thunderstorms are expected today and tomorrow (June 9), according to the department’s daily prediction. The humidity in the air is 79%, according to the PMD.
In light of the rains, Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab declared a rain emergency in the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation on Friday.
KMC’s key departments will be open 24 hours a day, including holidays.
Meanwhile, the chiefs of all departments involved in rain situations have been directed to be present in the offices with their workers and to maintain the appropriate apparatus and other items on hand.
During the next 12 hours, further rain-wind-thundershower is expected in Islamabad, Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pothohar region, Punjab, east/northeast Balochistan, and Sindh. During the time, isolated heavy rain is likely in northeast Punjab, Potohar region, Islamabad, Kashmir, higher Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast Balochistan, and central and lower Sindh.
As torrential monsoon rains grip Pakistan, at least 50 people — including eight children — have died in various rain-related incidents, officials said Friday.
Monsoon winds bring rains to South Asia every year between June and September, contributing for 70% to 80% of the region’s yearly rainfall.
The region’s monsoon rains are a mixed gift.
On the one hand, they are critical to millions of farmers’ livelihoods and food security in an area of roughly two billion people. They, on the other hand, cause landslides and floods.
“Fifty deaths have been reported in different rain-related incidents all over Pakistan since the start of the monsoon on June 25,” a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) spokesman told AFP, adding that 87 people were injured during this time.
