The monsoon rains continued to hit the city intermittently, with some areas receiving around just 6mm of rain, while others receiving over 57mm (more than 2 inches) of rain since Friday, most of which was recorded on Saturday morning.
According to the meteorological office different areas of the city — between Friday and Saturday mornings — received rain with different intensities, with the Garden areas receiving the maximum rains which totalled to nearly 52.6mm.
The PAF Base, Masroor, received 28mm, the Karachi Airport received 30.9mm; PAF Base Faisal 25 mm; Baldia town 24 mm; the met office model observatory 14 mm; the IMG observatory of the Met office on the University Road received 12.5 mm; while the North Karachi received just nearly 1mm of rain between Friday and Saturday mornings.
The city received an other spell of rains on Saturday and by evening different areas had received substantial quantity of rains.
Karachi Airport received 5mm; PAF Base Masroor 10mm; PAF Base Faisal 4mm; North Karachi 5mm; Garden 5mm and Baldia Town received 11.4mm of rain.
The minimum temperature on Saturday was 26 degrees centigrade, and the maximum was 33.5 degrees centigrade, while the humidity remained at 67 per cent. The sun will rise at 5.52am and will set at 7.27pm. The maximum temperature on Sunday would remain between 32 degrees centigrade and 34 degrees centigrade.
The Met office said that the weather in the city was expected to remain partly cloudy to cloudy in the next 24 hours.
Other towns in Sindh and Balochistan also received rains since Friday morning. Badin received 15mm; Nawabshah 1.5mm; Rohri 1mm; Jiwani 4.5mm; Hyderabad 6mm; Jacobabad 18.4mm and Turbat received 4.8mm of rain.
Meanwhile, sewage, along with rain-water, has accumulated at the main entrances of two leading city hospitals, creating problems for patients, adds APP.
The heavy down-pour in Karachi on Saturday, caused inconvenience to people, especially those visiting the JPMC and other public sector hospital in Karachi.
The scenario was particularly scary for mothers carrying their toddlers and wading through the stinking water towards OPDs at the JPMC and Civil Hospitals in Karachi.
The experience was equally terrible for patients, of different age groups, who were compelled to visit hospitals as either they had to procure prescribe drugs or undergo advised investigations, otherwise non affordable for them, at private sector institutions.
Most severe situation was at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, where knee-deep water was seen at the hospital premises.