On Monday, the port city experienced record rainfall that continued into the morning in most areas, flooding the area and paralysing daily life in Karachi.
After a slow-moving thunderstorm stalled over the city in the early morning hours, the southern parts of Karachi, including DHA, Clifton, Kemari, Saddar, and other localities, reportedly received the most rainfall.
The majority of DHA and Clifton’s neighbourhoods were submerged, with water levels reaching almost waist height in some places.
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Additionally flooded were the Main I.I. Chundrigar, DHA, Clifton Underpass, Delhi Colony Road, Sharae Faisal, and other significant city thoroughfares. According to the city’s traffic police, water accumulation has forced the closure of underpasses at Punjab Chowrangi, Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine, and KPT.
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Due to the excessive rain, highways leading out of the city were also flooded. Flooding forced the closure of the highway’s Karachi-Hyderabad section.
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District South has received at least 120mm of precipitation, with higher totals reported in coastal areas. Social media was also used by residents of the port city to lament extended power outages.
District South has received at least 120mm of precipitation, with higher totals reported in coastal areas. Social media was also used by residents of the port city to lament extended power outages.
After the unprecedented rainstorm, Pakistani Army and Rangers personnel are hard at work providing relief. The armed forces and the civil administration have installed at least 388 dewatering pumps to clean up the worst-affected areas.
According to reports, the Gujjar, Orangi, and Mehmoodabad nullahs are all at full capacity, necessitating the use of pumps to dewater flooded areas.
According to the city administrator Murtaza Wahab, three hours of rain in some parts of Karachi totaled up to 126mm. The process is slow, he continued, but the storm drains and nullahs are receiving water.
Pumping stations installed at various locations are operating at full capacity, according to Wahab, who added that the administration is making every effort to “address the situation.”
