Minimum of Eighteen People Get Killed Due to Heavy Rain in Karachi
Thirteen of the deceased were reportedly drug users who had been sitting near a weakened wall on an open plot when it collapsed in the Landhi area, as stated by Rescue 1122.
In a separate incident, a married couple died after another wall collapsed in the same Landhi neighborhood, while one additional person was killed after being struck by lightning near the Malir district.
Among the victims was a 4-year-old girl, Zeenat Zubair, who died when the roof of her home gave way in Pirano Goth, a locality in Bhains Colony.
The rainfall began around 9 p.m. (1600 GMT) and impacted all seven districts of the city. Due to Karachi’s vulnerable infrastructure, even short periods of heavy rain can lead to fatal incidents.
The most severely affected areas included densely populated, lower-income neighborhoods such as Landhi, an industrial zone in eastern Karachi, and Malir, a large suburban region on the city’s outskirts.
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab advised residents to avoid unnecessary movement.
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