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Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast more rains in Karachi today. Photo: Twitter/ @Shahery47341188 KARACHI: As the port city continues to receive intermittent moderate to heavy showers since yesterday (Wednesday), Sardar Sarfaraz, Chief Meteorologist at the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast more rains coupled with thunderstorms in Karachi today under the influence of the season's fourth monsoon spell. Talking to Geo News , the chief meteorologist predicted that the new spell of intermittent rains is expected to continue till night. He maintained that under the influence of the weather system, most parts of the province are expected to receive rains. Intermittent rains are expected to continue in Nawabshah, Larkana, Jacobabad and Dadu till August 20, he added. “Heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi,” warned Sardar Sarfaraz. In its daily weather report, the Met Office said, “Rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Sindh, Balochistan, Pun

Image shows children running in accumulated rainwater as heavy downpour lashed different parts of Karachi.— INP Two Karachiites drown due to flooding after heavy rains. Another two, including labourer and unidentified man, get electrocuted. Video of stranded people on Korangi Causeway goes viral on social media. Four more people lost their lives as rains lashed Karachi on Saturday under the current monsoon spell. Two of the citizens drowned due to flooding, while the other two were electrocuted. Around 40 people, including a couple riding a motorcycle, were trapped on the Korangi Causeway which was heavily flooded after the downpour on Friday, and swept away by the rainwater, The News reported. Upon receiving the information, rescuers from the Edhi Foundation started an operation to save the stranded people. According to a spokesperson for the Edhi Foundation, some 40 people were rescued through motorboats. A video of stranded people on the Korangi Causeway also went viral

An APP file photo of rain in Karachi. Karachi likely to receive heavy showers today (Thursday), PMD forecasts. Says another monsoon system will affect Sindh from August 17. Current spell of rain will continue till August 14. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast more rain in Karachi today (Thursday), a day after light to moderate showers were reported in different areas of the city. The metropolis is likely to receive heavy downpour today. As per the Met department, the current spell of rain will continue till August 14 and it will rain up to 150 millimeters during this four to five-day-long spell. Later, another monsoon system will affect Sindh from August 17 or 18, the PMD said. In its weather forecast issued on August 8, the Met department had highlighted that heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi from August 11 to 13. The forecast was also given for Thatta, Badin, Hyderabad, Dadu, Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad and Mirp

Met Office forecasts heavy rains in Karachi from August 11 to 14. Photo: AFP/file  KARACHI: Heavy to very heavy rains are expected in Karachi from August 11 to 14 under the influence of the fourth monsoon spell, forecast eminent weather analyst Jawad Memon on Wednesday. He maintained that the low-pressure system penetrating in central and southern parts of the country has intensified into a depression and is likely to generate torrential rains in the port city during the forecast period. Jawad Memon noted that the rain-bearing system is heading towards Sindh. “Another low-pressure system is prevailing over Gujrat and a link is being established between the two systems,” he added. In addition to this, the weather expert said that moderate to heavy rains are expected in different areas of the port city on Wednesday (today). In its daily weather forecast, the Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) said, "Monsoon currents from the Bay of Bengal are penetrating in centra

Motorcyclists and a rickshaw pass through rainwater filled on road in Karachi. — AFP/File Intermittent heavy and moderate showers flood Karachi's roads. Several areas pushed into darkness as it poured. Met department says Karachi may continue to receive moderate and heavy falls today. KARACHI: Four people, including a father-daughter duo, were electrocuted, while four others drowned due to urban flooding in Karachi on Monday as heavy rains continue to pound the city. One of the tragic incidents took place at a residential apartments' premises on Al-Falah Road in Lyari's Bihar Colony area when a man and his daughter were electrocuted. The rescue teams rushed to the site of the incident and shifted the victims to Civil Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The deceased were identified as Rehman Usman, 35, and 10-year-old Hifza. Quoting initial reports, police said the incident occurred when Hifza suffered shocks from an electric board in the flat and h