Few hours of Saturday night heavy rain wreaks havoc in Karachi

A few hours of Saturday night heavy rain wreaked havoc in Karachi.

As reported heavy rain that stared around 8 pm local time leashed 90% area of Karachi resulting in urban flooding in low lying areas.

More rain with hails is expected on Sunday as well.

According to the data released by Met office, the maximum amount of rainfall was recorded in PAF Faisal Base (75 millimetres) followed by Malir (64mm), and Surjani Town (63.8mm).

The amount of rainfall recorded till 11pm in other areas of Karachi is as follows:

Keamari (55mm), Quaidabad (52mm), old airport area (51mm), Gulshan-i-Hadeed (50mm), PAF Masroor Base (47.2mm), Jinnah Terminal (42mm), Saadi Town (37.6mm), North Karachi (33.6mm), University Road (30mm), Gulshan-i-Maymar (23.8mm), Nazimabad (23.5mm), Korangi (15mm) with trace rainfall in Orangi Town and Defence Housing Authority.

Following the rain, major arteries of the metropolis were submerged under rainwater and commuters were stuck in their vehicles. The few hours of rain unviled city administration’s unpreparedness to cope with such weather.

Following the heavy rain Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab urged people to avoid unnecessary movement, saying that teams were deployed to clear major roads.

Karachites took to social media to give an insight of the situation Pakistan’s largest city faced amid heavy rain.