After braving a killer heatwave that has killed more then 600 people in the mega city, in teh past four days, some residents of Karachi breathed a sigh of relief when their neighbourhoods received light showers yesterday afternoon.
Dark clouds descended on the entire city but did little to break the heat of the past few days. The light showers only managed to make the mercury drop from 41 degrees Celsius to 38 degrees. The areas that received some rain included North Karachi, Buffer Zone, New Karachi, Federal B Area and North Nazimabad, followed by Gulshan-e-Iqbal and PECHS by evening.
But there is hope. According to the director for the Institute of Meteorology and geophysics, Abdul Rashid, the city will have more rain in this week. “Rains will hit Karachi properly tomorrow while light showers are expected to day,” he said.
The light rain that took place yesterday was unexpected and it occurred due to the low wind pressure in the Arabian Sea. “The drizzle [took place] due to lower clouds in the sea, which showered for hardly five minutes in the northern areas of cities,” he remarked.
The weather is changing every four hours, he said, pointing out that the winds are getting stronger which is why the rain forecast is changing every day. Due to frequent climate changes, Karachi ‘may’ receive heavy rain by late afternoon today, he added.
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