KARACHI: The Met office has forecast intense rain-thunderstorm in most parts of the province, including Karachi, from Tuesday (today) till Aug 18 as a low pressure area approaches Sindh while another one gets “less marked”.

Under the influence of these weather systems, rain-thunderstorms with few moderate falls likely to occur in the Karachi divisions and other Sindh districts including Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushahro Feroze, Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Ghotki, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Dadu, Jamshoro, Qamber-Shahdadkot, Tharparkar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Tando Muhammad khan, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Matiari, Thatta, Sujawal and Sanghar.

The Met office said heavy falls may create water-logging/urban flooding in low-lying areas of Karachi and other parts of Sindh.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2022

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