14 killed as heavy rains wreak havoc in major parts of Karachi

An Army rescue boat is going to rescue people being stuck at Saadi town Karachi where flood waters entered homes after parts of the Thado dam in Karachi’s outskirt Gadap broke due to heavy rains on July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

The Karachi’s roads, having no drainage system, filled with water after the mega Pakistani city received heavy outpouring, the highest 65 millimetre rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the metropolis, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

Men being stuck at a shop in Saadi town in Pakistan’s Karachi city are waving for help to an Edhi rescue boat here July 30, 2019. Parts of the Thado dam in Karachi’s outskirt Gadap broke due to heavy rains flooding the nearby neighbourhoods of Saadi Town and Usmanabad on Tuesday evening. The floodwater also closed one track of the Karachi-Hyderabad motorway. (AN photo by SA Babar)

The Karachi’s roads, having no drainage system, filled with water after the mega Pakistani city received heavy outpouring, the highest 65 millimetre rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the metropolis, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 (AN photo by SA Babar)

A view of Lyari’s flood River on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. The Pakistan’s port city of Karachi received heavy outpouring, the highest 65 millimetre rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the city on Monday and Tuesday. (AN photo by SA Babar)

A vehicle of Karachi Municipal Cooperation is pumping out water from Ghareebabad underpass of here on July 30, 2019. The Karachi’s roads, having no drainage system, filled with water after the mega Pakistani city received heavy outpouring, the highest 65 millimetre rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the metropolis. (AN photo by SA Babar)

A rescue boat of the Edhi foundation is shifting a person to a safe place at Saadi town Karachi where floodwater entered homes after parts of the Thado dam in Karachi’s outskirt Gadap broke due to heavy rains on July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

A mosque is surrounded by floodwater at Saadi town Karachi where flood waters entered homes after parts of the Thado dam in Karachi’s outskirt Gadap broke due to heavy rains on July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

A family is bringing out water of their house with help of basket in Surjani town of Karachi. The Pakistan’s port city of Karachi received heavy outpouring, the highest 65 millimetre rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the city July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

Men at Liaquatabad neighbourhood of the city are helping a family to get out of water their vehicle which has malfunctioned due to heavy rainfall in Karachi on July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

• Majority of the deaths caused by electrocution and drowning
• All educational institutions ordered to remain shut for two days

KARACHI: At least 14 people were killed and several others injured due to heavy rains that paralyzed human life in Karachi and other parts of Sindh, officials told Arab News on Tuesday.
“The rain started on Monday and will continue until Wednesday,” Sardar Sarfaraz, a MET office official told Arab News, adding “up to 165-millimeter rainfall has been recorded in Karachi.”

A funeral bus is being struck at the road in Liaquatabad neighborhood of Karachi on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Pakistan’s port city of Karachi received heavy outpouring, the highest 65-millimeter rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the city. (AN photo by SA Babar)

Earlier, officials had warned that the incessant rains could lead to flooding in Karachi, Thatta and Hyderabad divisions on Monday and Tuesday.Dr. Seemi Jamali, a spokesperson at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center JPMC said that six people had been brought to the hospital’s emergency department on Monday and Tuesday, with most deaths caused by electrocution.
Meanwhile, Dr. Birbal Genani, a spokesperson of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s hospitals told Arab News that a child was among those killed by electrocution.

Pakistan’s port city of Karachi received heavy outpouring, the highest 65-millimeter rainfall being recorded in Surjani town of the city July 30, 2019. (AN photo by SA Babar)

“Over 50 injured were also brought to the hospital,” he said. Dr. Khadim Hussain, a medical superintendent at Karachi’s Civil Hospital said five other people, had also died of a similar cause. Separately, officials from the Chhipa rescue service said that three children had drowned in a riven in the Teen Hatti neighborhood of the city, while one had been rescued.
Meanwhile, with the Thado Dam in the Gadap outskirts of the city reaching its limit, floodwater entered homes in the Saadi Town and Usmanabad neighborhoods on Tuesday evening. It also flowed into the M-9 highway, which connects Karachi to Hyderabad and the rest of Pakistan, resulting in the closure of one part of the highway.
Taking stock of the situation, Sindh’s education department on Monday ordered for all schools, colleges, and universities to declare a holiday in Karachi on Tuesday.