Heavy Rain Batters Karachi Again

via https://youtu.be/4pUhUiMWUlM KARACHI: A new spell of rain is again battering the city of Karachi on Thursday as most areas reported heavy showers starting in the wee hours of the day. Thursday marked the third day of heavy rain this week, during which at least 13 people have died, according to media reports cited by Reuters, while residents have been forced to abandon their homes. Sindh terms heavy downpour as `disaster’ Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed commissioner Karachi to coordinate with Pakistan Navy and Army teams for evacuation of people stranded in Sukkuan Nadi and Malir River. CM Murad through different reports submitted to him by deputy commissioners learnt that some people living in the bed of Sukkan and Malir rivers have stranded due to high flooding in them. He directed commissioner Karachi to request Pak Navy and Army to rescue the stranded people from the rivers and house them in school building in Malir district. The chief minister also directed the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to arrange food, and other necessary staff for them and their children. The city, still recovering from record rainfall on Tuesday, is again being battered by strong monsoon spell. The barely-there drainage of the metropolis gets overwhelmed during heavy rain spells and inundates low-lying areas and roads, causing severe distress to the citizens of Pakistan's highest tax-paying city. 'Never rained so much in August' It has never rained so much in the month of August, according to our data — Sardar Sarfaraz