KARACHI: Flood sweeps away family en route to Hyderabad. Six members of a family and their driver — traveling to Hyderabad from Karachi — went missing on Wednesday after their car was swept away by a flood following heavy rain in Sindh. Their vehicle was discovered later in the day on the bank of the […]
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No end to miseries of Baloch people: 10 more died
No end to miseries of Baloch people: 10 more died. The new spell of heavy rains has further increased the misery of people in Balochistan as 10 more citizens were killed during the last three days, while infrastructure, including houses, roads, and bridges were wrecked. The rain-hit infrastructure badly affected the traffic movements at the […]
Read the unique way of rainwater harvesting
Read the unique way of rainwater harvesting. A Karachi citizen namely Muhammad Amaan Khan Kakakhel found a way for rainwater harvesting by conserving millions of gallons of water and draining it into different wells during the recent monsoon season. Heavy rains often lead to floods across the country which cause immense damage, whereas, the rainwater […]
Intermediate exams postponed in Karachi
KARACHI: Intermediate exams are postponed in Karachi. The Board of Intermediate Education (BIEF) Karachi has postponed examination papers scheduled for Friday (August 12). According to a notification issued by the BIEK, the papers of Arts Regular and Private, Papers of special candidates, and practicals were postponed in line with the rain forecast issued by the […]
Control room setup to deal with emergency in flooding
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A meeting was held here on Monday to review arrangements to deal with the recent heavy rains and flood situation in its wake and a control room was set up to ensure timely response in case of emergency. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan Nasrullah Khan at his […]
More monsoon rains expected in coming days: PMD
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast more monsoon rains in different parts of the country during this week which could cause flash flooding in the urban areas and trigger landslides in vulnerable areas. The strong monsoon currents are likely to penetrate in upper and central parts of the country from July 20 (Wednesday) and […]
Depression moved towards southwest of Karachi
KARACHI: The Depression over the Northeast Arabian Sea, weakened this morning into a well-marked low-pressure area (WML) after it moved nearly westward during the last 12 hours, now lies over central parts of the North Arabian Sea, southwest of Karachi, the Met Office said on Monday. The maximum sustained surface wind of the low-pressure area […]
Monsoon rains wreak destruction in Karachi, kill 2 youngsters
KARACHI: A powerful monsoon system formed in the Arabian Sea led to torrential downpours in different areas of Karachi Sunday evening, but it killed two youngsters. According to the police, a woman and her three-month-old daughter fell into a flooded nullah in the Buffer Zone area while they were passing through on a motorbike. The […]
Karachi to bear the brunt of another rain spell from 14th of July
KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast another spell of heavy rainfall in Karachi and other parts of Sindh from this Thursday (tomorrow). Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz has predicted rainfall with windstorms on July 15 and 16 as monsoon currents from the Bay of Bengal are continuously penetrating the country. Another strong monsoon low-pressure area (LPA) […]
PMD alerts authorities on torrential rains expected in country from June 20-22
ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains are expected in the country from June 20 (Monday) night to June 22 (Wednesday) as a result of a strong weather system entering the upper and central parts of the country on Monday. This was revealed by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday through issuing an advisory to keep the relevant […]