Karachi: At least eight more individuals lost their lives in -related incidents on Tuesday, while many others who were left stranded owing to bridges and highways being washed away awaited rescue.
Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in numerous districts of Sindh and Balochistan on Tuesday.
A family in Sindh’s Khairpur district experienced tragedy when the roof of their home collapsed following heavy rain in the Gambat area near Ranipur late Monday night, killing the dad and his two young kids while critically injuring his wife and two daughters.
Five people died in Karachi as numerous districts of the city continued to be flooded by rainwater contaminated with sewage for the third day in a row.
Additionally, Mirpurkhas, Larkana, Dadu, Qambar-Shahdadkot, and other nearby towns experienced floods as a result of the severe rainfall.However, those hoping to resume their normal routines after a day of torrential rain will have to wait another day because the Met Office has predicted that the recent rainy period could last through Wednesday (today) before waning starting on Thursday.
According to a brief statement from the Met Office, widespread rain, windstorms, and thunderstorms with isolated heavy or very heavy rainfall were likely to occur until July 27 in Karachi and other parts of Sindh, including Tharparkar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Hyderabad, Matiari, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Khairpur, Sukkur,
