প্রকাশ: 12/07/2022
Torrential rains
caused widespread flooding and damage in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi
on Monday, even inundating the business district, officials said.
Most underpasses were flooded and there was nowhere to pump
the flood waters out to, the chief minister for Sindh province, Murad Ali Shah
told reporters.
He said an unprecedented 126mm rain had fallen in three
hours.
One death had been confirmed in the latest spell of Monsoon
rains, adding to the 29 reported since they began last month.
The streets of posh areas such as the Defence Housing
Authority (DHA) complex and Clifton were flooded, with water gushing into
houses.
Karachi's main streets, which house financial institutions
and bank headquarters including Pakistan's central bank, were flooded and
rescue services were using boats to reach stranded people.
The Pakistan Navy was also taking part in the relief and
rescue operations, the Navy said in a statement.
"Deeply saddened by the tragic losses due to torrential
rains in Karachi," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Twitter. He
offered every possible support for the Karachi administration.
The highway linking Quetta city to Karachi was also closed
for traffic as sections of it were swept away by flash floods.
In southwest Balochistan province, about a dozen villages in
Lasbela district were submerged as the Winder River overflowed and water
flooded into houses.
The Navy and local officials had rescued about 500 people nd
local administration from the affected villages so far, government official
Farhan Suleman Ranjho told Reuters.
Last week 64 deaths occurred in different parts of
Balochistan province as eight dams burst due to flood waters.
The metrological office has forecast more rains in coming
days.
- Reuters
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