KARACHI, Pakistan – Heavy rains hit parts of Pakistan, adding the karachi monetary capital for the fifth night in a row, causing more flooding in cities and towns and killing at least 36 other people, authorities said Friday. Rescue teams evacuated others from flooded neighborhoods.
Nearly 76 centimetres of rain have fallen in Karachi since Sunday, when monsoon rains began to laso the city, forcing the government to use boats to evacuate others trapped in flooded streets.
Twenty other people were killed in Karachi in rain-related incidents and another 16 died in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province due to flash floods overnight, according to government officials.
Broken power lines caused widespread power cuts, adding anguish to the lives of many of the city’s 15 million residents. Some staff members stayed in their offices and others spent the night in open spaces as there was no transportation to reach the house in many parts of the city.
Hundreds of cars were swept away through the city streets through heavy flooding.
At least 8 other people died when a wall fell on them in a residential area. They included children, who were playing at the time. Other victims have also been reported in parts of Karachi in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to more than 40 in recent weeks.
At least 136 other people have died in parts of Pakistan since June in rain-related incidents and many citizens were angry with the government for not helping them.
Monsoon rains are hitting Pakistan at a time when the government is seeking to involve the spread of coronovirus, which has more than 6283 deaths since February, when the country reported its first case. On Friday, Pakistan reported nine more deaths from COVID-19, the disease through the virus.
Every year, many Pakistani cities struggle to cope with the annual monsoon flood, resulting in complaints about poor planning. The monsoon season runs from July to September.
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