KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted rain in parts of Sindh especially Karachi.
The rainfall system has already entered Karachi. It is possible for mercury to reach 39 degrees Celsius in the Sindh capital today. The maximum temperature in the city can reach 40 degrees Celsius in the province.
The director of the Meteorological Department said that the rain spell would last for at least four days. Yesterday, the highest rainfall of 12 mm was recorded in Gulshan-e-Hadid in Karachi.
The Met department has asked all relevant authorities to remain alert during the forecast period and has issued warnings that the windstorm may have damaging effects in the city. The weather department has also issued urban flooding warnings in other cities of Sindh and flash flooding in local streams and nullahs of Balochistan.
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It is to be noted that the electric system had shut down due to the rain yesterday with 1400 feeder trips in Karachi making the city plunged into darkness. As many as 71 grid stations of the Hesco region have also been shut down due to which power supply was also suspended in Matiari, Jamshoro, Tando Allahyar, Sanghar, Tando Adam, Badin, Tharparkar, Tando Muhammad Khan, and Kotri.
