KARACHI, Sept 5: Thatta district on Wednesday received 77.4 millimetres (3.04 inches) of rainfall — the highest amount of rainfall any district of Sindh has received during this monsoon — as the Met office forecast more heavy showers for the southeast part of the province during the week.

Met officials said the Sindhri area in Tharparkar district received 43 millimetres (1.69 inches) rainfall, followed by Nawabshah with 25.3mm (0.9 inch), Jam Nawaz area in Sanghar district 20mm (0.7 inch), Mohenjodaro and Tando Jam 19mm (0.74 inch) each, Chhor in Mirpurkhas district 19.5mm (0.7 inch), Umerkot 16mm (0.6 inch) and Sakrand with 11mm (0.4 inch) rainfall.

The officials forecast that the sky in most part of the province would remain overcast for a few more days that could also cause flooding in ‘vulnerable’ areas.

“Heavy downpour would generate urban and flash floods in the vulnerable areas during the period. There is also a probability of riverine floods, particularly in eastern rivers,” said the Met office’s advisory issued on Wednesday.

Tauseef Alam, the chief meteorologist, said that under the new rain system entering Sindh late Wednesday, the southeast part of the province would keep receiving heavy showers till Sunday morning.

“These parts mainly include areas under Mirpurkhas division, Mithi, Umerkot and Chhor. We may witness a gap of hours between rains but the system would remain there to stay till late Saturday or early Sunday,” he added.