HYDERABAD: Thunder showers hit Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Dadu, Shaheed Benazirabad and some other districts on Saturday night and Sunday causing slush and slime in the low-lying areas and crippling normal life to some extent.

Showers brought a pleasant change to weather in Hyderabad district. It started raining in morning and continued till 3pm intermittently. Weather remained cloudy till sunset, prompting people to throng to picnic spots of Al Manzar at Kotri Barrage.

A cow was electrocuted upon coming in contact with an electricity pole in Unit-12 of Latifabad.

The showers were followed by power breakdown in Hyderabad and other districts of region controlled by the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco).

A Hesco spokesman claimed that out of its 618 feeders, 122 of 11kV were affected in 13 districts of the Hesco region. He said that one tower of 132 kV also collapsed but power supply was restored through alternative supply system. He said that only two feeders were switched off for safety reasons which would be restored soon. In Hyderabad city, he said, 40 feeders remained off due to rains.

Since 8am, 5mm rain was recorded at the City weather station by the meteorological department and 4.8mm at the Airport observatory.

MIRPURKHAS: It started raining in Mirpurkhas district on Saturday night following a thunderstorm.

A heavy spell of rainfall was reported from different areas of the district. Strong winds brought down a number of hoardings and old trees in various towns. The thunderstorm and rainfall affected flow of vehicular traffic on link roads. The municipal authorities failed to get the rainwater drained out from roads and streets till late Sunday evening.

In low-lying areas, rainwater and sewage entered houses as the sewerage system collapsed.

Power supply to rain-hit areas was suspended before the rainfall.

DADU: Gorakh Hill Station received a heavy spell of rain on Sunday.

Parts of Khirthar mountain range including Karo Jabal and Nai Gaaj areas also received heavy rainfall.

Besides Dadu city, the towns from where heavy, moderate and light spells of rain were reported included Radhan, Nau Goth, Mehar, Fareedabad, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Johi and Dadu also received heavy rains.

Power supply to different areas of Dadu district was suspended to due rains.

BADIN: Most areas of Badin district received rain in the early hours of Sunday. It continued intermittently till around 6pm.

The showers turned the otherwise hot and dry weather pleasant.

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2024