More rains expected in next 48 hours

Karachi
Karachi experienced light to moderate rains from Friday night to Saturday morning and the Met department has predicted more showers during the next 24 to 48 hours.
The rains, which started at around 10pm and intermittently continued till 8am, turned the weather cold in the metropolis.
A met official said a strong weather system had entered Pakistan through Balochistan and was expected to grip most parts of the country for the next 48 hours.
Under the influence of this weather system, widespread thunderstorms and snowfall are expected in many places in the country.
The Met department forecast light to moderate rain with gusty winds between Saturday night and Sunday morning. During the day, the city might experience thunderstorms.
The wind direction in the city is north-easterly with a speed of 19 to 21 nautical miles per hour.
The official said the minimum temperature in the city on Saturday was recorded at 14.3 degree Celsius and the maximum at 23 degree Celsius with 38 percent humidity.
The weather on Sunday (today) will remain partly cloudy to cloudy while the temperature will range between 14 and 16 degrees Celsius.

Rainfall
The Met department recorded 3mm rain at PAF Base Faisal, 2.1mm on University Road and at the Karachi airport, 2mm at PAF Base Masroor and in Saddar, North Karachi and Gulshan-e-Hadeed and 1mm rain in Landhi.
The areas that received rain include Defence, Clifton, Saddar and its adjoining areas, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Federal B Area, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, North Karachi, New Karachi, Shah Faisal Colony, Korangi and Bin Qasim.

Civic problems
Besides inundating many major roads, the intermittent rains also caused power outages in several areas.
Commuters faced hardships as the rainwater stranded on the roads caused traffic jams at many locations, particularly on University Road and Sharea Faisal.
Sold waste lying on pavements flowed onto the roads and storm-water drains causing further problems. Motorists particularly faced troubles on dilapidated roads as the rainwater accumulated in potholes.

Power outages
A caller from Block-19 of Gulistan-e-Jauhar told The News that the power in his area went out at around 12:30am and the supply was restored after 11am.
The city’s Met offices also faced difficulties in collecting weather and rain data and dispatch it to international monitoring agencies because of power suspensions.
However, the K-Electric spokesperson said hardly five or seven percent of feeders were affected by the rainfall.
“There are over 1,300 feeders in the city and a very few of them stopped working during rain. The power company quickly fixed those faults,” he added. “If any other area faced problems related to power supply, they could have occurred because of other reasons like wire snapping or technical faults.”