KARACHI: At least five people were killed as rain crippled life in Karachi on Thursday.
Heavy downpour started late Wednesday night, resulting in disruption of power supply to many areas of the city.
Reports of rainfall were received from Saddar, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Airport, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Malir and other areas. The highest amount of rainfall was recorded at 122mm in Nazimabad, followed by North Karachi at 97.5mm.
Gulistan-e-Johar and Masroor base received 37mm of rain, Gulshan-e-Hadeed received 26.2 of rain while Pehlwan Goth was at 16mm. PAF Faisal received 22mm of rain.
Heavy rainfall is expected to lash the metropolis until Friday. The downpour, and subsequent inundation of major roads and streets, resulted in low attendance in offices and led private schools to announce a holiday today late Wednesday night.
The Sindh education department too made a late announcement of schools’ closure across the province.
The K-Electric spokesman Fakhar Ahmed while speaking to Geo News said only 80 feeders of the power distribution company had tripped while 30-40 feeders had been shut down as precautionary measures due to urban flooding.
He added that the power distribution company had a total of 1600 feeders.
