Karachi (HRNW) The Pakistan Meteorological Department has issued an alert regarding urban flooding in Karachi and several other areas in Sindh and Balochistan. It has forecast heavy rains in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Tharparker, Nagarparker, Mirpurkhas, Islam Kot, Umar Kot, Sanghar, Sukkur and Larkana from Monday to Wednesday. “Heavy rainfall may generate urban flooding/water logging in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta and Badin from Monday to Tuesday,” the Met Office said in its advisory. It may also generate “flash flooding in hill torrents of Kalat, Khuzdar and Lasbella during the period”. This is the sixth and more powerful spell of monsoon rains that has hit southern parts of the country, according to the PMD. It asked authorities in Sindh and Balochistan to remain alert.
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