Overview
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department, which confirmed the record Friday, logged 38.6 mm in 24 hours to break Karachi’s April mark set in 1985.
- Following Thursday’s intense downpours, urban flooding, long traffic jams and power cuts swept the city, with at least six rain-related deaths reported, most from electrocution.
- PMD station readings showed sharp neighborhood gaps in rainfall, with Nazimabad near 69.6 mm and Keamari 56 mm, while other localities saw much lower totals.
- Sindh authorities cancelled staff leave, deployed extra dewatering pumps and opened control rooms, and forecasters now expect only light showers or drizzle in Karachi over the next day.
- The NDMA’s emergency centre warned of rain, strong winds, hail, flash floods and landslides across parts of Sindh, Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan through April 4, with mountain catchments facing added risk as snowmelt increases runoff.