Seven members of a family have been swept away in Karachi’s Malir River as heavy rains continued to batter the metropolis. The vehicle was discovered later in the day on the bank of the Malir River, two to three kilometers away from Karachi’s Link Road.
According to the details, a husband, his wife their four children, and the driver were traveling in the ill-fated car. Rescue teams found no bodies in the vehicle. The search for the missing seven people was underway.
Lately, Karachi is experiencing one of its worst spells of rain which has left the city of lights in a state of devastation as a result of urban flooding. In fact, monsoon rains this season have shattered all previous records in Karachi, with the provincial capital set to cross the 1,000 mm mark for the first time in history.
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Several areas of Karachi reported heavy rain as citizens brace themselves for more rain forecast in the port city till August 19. The downpour continued in various areas of the city, including Malir, North Nazimabad, II Chundrigar Road, Saddar, Liaquatabad, M.A. Jinnah Road, Numaish Chowrangi, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Shahra-e-Faisal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, and adjacent regions.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has told authorities to remain on high alert in its latest forecast on the torrential monsoon rains and urban flooding.
Devastation aplenty
The torrential monsoon rain in Karachi has caused a lot of devastation as many areas got submerged, causing great difficulty to the residents.
🔴 You know climate change is going to be destructive for our region when even the most developed infrastructure in Pakistan & one of the most developed in South Asia suffers from the wrath of severe rain. #Bahriatown, Karachi is under flash flooding due to continuous downpours. pic.twitter.com/aVBD1bPKaq
— Rana Ammar Afzal (@RanaAmmarAfzal8) August 17, 2022
On the other hand, the rain has also cost lives. Earlier, Four more people died of electrocution in different areas of the city during the brief spell of rain on Monday.
Several private educational institutions had already announced that they would remain closed on August 18 amid the deteriorating situation of the city’s roads due to the rains.
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