Terming huge losses caused by torrential rains as 'national disaster', Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday urged the centre to help the provincial government in coping with the rain emergency.
Currently, the sea breeze is witnessed at 26 kilometers per hour in the city and coupled with the expected light rains on Sunday (tomorrow), it will further intensify the cold weather in the metropolis.
Heavy monsoon rains across South Asia claimed more lives Wednesday, with the death toll passing 200 as authorities tried to reach stranded villagers cut off by surging floodwaters.
During every monsoon season, which runs from June to September, India experiences fatal incidents of building and wall collapses as rainfall weakens the foundations of poorly-built structures
CM Usman Buzdar said that farmers would be given a full reward of their hard work during the wheat procurement campaign and every grain of wheat would be purchased from them.