KARACHI: City roads, streets and narrow lanes were flooded and overflowing gutters just added to the mess as rain continued to pour late into Thursday night with increasing complaints of power breakdowns and water entering homes in low-lying areas.
Earlier in the evening a Met official said that Gulshan-i-Hadeed got the heaviest amount of rainfall in the metropolis and forecast more rain for Friday.
Since Wednesday evening, the provincial capital has received more than 54 millimetres of rainfall, which was approximately over two inches, said the weatherman in response to Dawn’s queries on Thursday evening.
Among other towns of the province, Badin received 34mm rainfall, Mirpurkhas received 6mm and Thatta got 8mm of rainfall. Traces of rain were also recorded in Mithi
The intermittent showers in Karachi brought down the city’s minimum temperature to 25 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature recorded on Thursday was 35 degrees Celsius. Humidity, or the amount of moisture in the air, was 96 per cent.
The official said that Gulshan-i-Hadeed received the maximum amount of rainfall (over 34mm), followed by the airport where over 14mm rainfall was recorded. Other parts of the metropolis and the amount of rainfall they received were: North Karachi (14.5mm), Landhi (12.5mm), PAF Base Faisal (12mm), Nazimabad (11mm), Saddar (9.2mm), Gulistan-i-Jauhar (7.1mm), Old City Area (6mm) and PAF Base Masroor (one millimetre).
The Met Office has forecast that Karachi’s weather is likely to remain cloudy on Friday with chances of thunderstorm and rains.
The official said that rains/thunder showers (with isolated heavy falls) with strong gusty winds may occur at a number of places in southern parts of Sindh — Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions — and scattered showers in Sukkur, Larkana and Shaheed Benazirabad divisions on Friday.