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KARACHI: Heavy rains are likely to hit Sindh including Karachi and Balochistan from today, the Met Office said on Sunday.
As per the new weather alert issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the low-pressure area over the northeast Arabian Sea has intensified into a depression and is currently at a distance of about 270km southeast of Karachi with its trough extending up to southern Sindh and adjoining Rajasthan, India. The system is likely to move west-northwestward, towards the Oman coast.
Under the influence of this weather system, rain and thunderstorms with a few heavy showers are expected in Karachi and Hyderabad today and tomorrow (July 17 and July 18).
Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thaparker, Umerkot, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Nosheroferoz, Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), Tando Allayar (TAY), Dadu, Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Ghotki districts of Sindh will also receive heavy rains.
The Met Office said, not only Sindh, different areas of Balochistan including as Lasbella, Uthal, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran & Ketch are expected to receive rains.
Heavy falls may generate urban flooding in low-lying areas of Sindh and Balochistan during the forecast period.