Karachi residents began cleaning ruined homes and businesses after catastrophic flooding sent rivers of filthy water cascading through the country's financial and commercial hub, even as authorities' efforts to mitigate the crisis-like situation seemed not enough. Four days after record-breaking rainfall wreaked havoc on the city, parts of it remained waterlogged and without power. Frustrated by the lack of action by departments concerned, residents of DHA and Clifton gathered outside the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) office to protest against the post-rain situation in the two localities.
Source : Dawn News
The 2020 Karachi floods caused due to heavy rain and killed at least 41 people. Pakistan experiences monsoon during July and August, but has never experienced such heavy rainfall since records began.
The rainfall for a single day that totaled as much as 345 mm rivaled that of a recorded rainfall of 298.4 in 1984. Since the city started keeping meteorological records in 1931, this is considered the worst flooding Karachi has suffered in its history As of August 28, 2020, 760 mm of rainfall was recorded in a single week that forced the authorities to employ boats to rescue people stranded in the streets across the city. Fallen power lines, out of service cell phone towers, and widespread fuel shortages due to heavy reliance on alternative power sources created a vicious mix of miseries for the estimated 15 million residents of the city.
Source : Wikipedia
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