KARACHI(National times)- Several parts of Karachi received fresh monsoon showers on Thursday evening as the prevailing system over the north Arabian Sea continues to fuel storm activity. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), downpours were reported in several Karachi localities, including Dalmia Road, Drigh Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Gulistan-e-Johar, MA Jinnah Road, Orangi Town, Hawksbay, and Mubarak Village. Met Office spokesperson said that a rain-bearing weather system is currently active over the city and intermittent showers are likely to continue into the evening and night. Torrential monsoon rains left at least 17 people dead in the densely populated port city in the past two days. The deaths were caused by drowning, road accidents, and electrocution.\u00a0 The spokesperson further added that the system is expected to weaken by late tonight, and another monsoon system is likely to enter Sindh from August 27. \u201cFresh spell on monsoon system expected to enter Sindh on August 27, which will bring rains to Karachi and other Sindh areas till August 30,\u201d said the spokesperson.\u00a0 Since the season began in late June, there have been more than 700 monsoon-related deaths, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on\u00a0Geo News<\/em>\u00a0programme \u201cGeo Pakistan\u201d today, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah apologised to citizens who suffered during Tuesday\u2019s heavy rainfall. \u201cIn such heavy rain there will be urban flooding. Karachi flooded, I am saying to everyone we are apologetic, but you cannot press a button and drain all the water immediately,\u201d he said. CM Murad explained that when the rain intensified, he directed the Commissioner to issue guidance that people remain indoors, but the message did not fully reach the public. \u201cEverybody went out on the street,” he said. “Yesterday also there was rain, I went out, Sharea Faisal was completely blocked. My request to people is that they should listen to the government,\u201d he added. He stressed that disaster management required patience and coordination, adding that draining water in five to six hours showed that work had been done effectively. \u201cIt is disaster management. You cannot avoid a disaster; you manage a disaster,” he said. “If work had not been done, then how was the water drained in 5\u20136 hours? Work was done.””It takes time. We have to realise you have to manage a disaster; you cannot fight nature. Our mistake was that we should not have let people go out on the road, we should have closed that road,\u201d the CM noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KARACHI(National times)- Several parts of Karachi received fresh monsoon showers on Thursday evening as the prevailing system over the north Arabian Sea continues to fuel storm activity. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), downpours were reported in several Karachi localities, including Dalmia Road, Drigh Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Gulistan-e-Johar, MA Jinnah Road, Orangi Town, Hawksbay, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n