PDMA issues heavy rain alert in Sindh

KARACHI: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued weather advisory predicting heavy rains across the province during the next 48 hours.

The advisory addressed to the deputy commissioners stated that the Pakistan Meteorology Department had predicted that a shallow westerly wave was presently affecting upper and central parts of the country, which was likely to intensify on Sunday and grip most parts of the province.

It further said that under the influence of this system, dust, thunderstorm and rain was expected in scattered places across the province.

The heavy rainfall will be witnessed in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Dadu, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, Tharparkar and Badin areas of the province.

The PDMA directed the concerned district officials to take measures for avoiding losses from the downpour.

“All machinery and staffers should be on stand-by,” the provincial rescue authority said as Karachi and Hyderabad are likely to witness an intermittent rain spell for the next 48 hours.

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It is pertinent to mention here that the Surjani area received a maximum of 186 millimeters of rainfall, in Karachi on Saturday, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in its weather report.

The met office has released figures of the extent of rainfall in Karachi and other parts of Sindh during the sixth monsoon spell in the region.

Earlier on Friday, at least seven people were killed in rain-related incidents across the metropolis as the latest monsoon spell struck the city.