Monsoon system getting weaker in Karachi: PMD

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted that the monsoon system is getting weaker in Sindh province.

On a social media website Twitter, PMD said the existing rain system in Karachi is weakening with most of the wind pressure returning to the sea.

“The return of the wind pressure has resulted in the rain system weakening in the city,” PMD said.

MET Director Sardar Sarfraz informed that the system was still present in some parts of Karachi; however, its intensity was not as high. “Karachi may experience intermittent rainfall tomorrow,” he added.

Weather system of Sindh weakening gradually, now also producing rains in Balochistan. Risk of flash flooding in local streams and barsati nullahs of Dadu, Khuzdar, Sibi, Dera Bugti, Kohlu, Loralai, Bolan and Awaran districts today.

— Pak Met Department محکمہ موسمیات (@pmdgov) August 26, 2020

Karachi has been facing record torrential rains this year, wreaking havoc on the city’s infrastructure and drainage system.

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Water in Malir Nadi has been reduced and backflow from Quaidabad to Malir Nadi has started, said the military’s media wing, adding that boats have been deployed in various areas to shift stranded people to safer places.

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