Karachi witnesses moderate rain

Karachi witnessed moderate rain in early hours of Tuesday coupled with strong winds dropping down the mercury, Bol News reported today.

As per details, Light rain was reported in Saddar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Orangi Town, Site Area, North Nazimabad, Manghopir, II Chunrigar, Malir, Landhi, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Defence, Gulshan e Iqbal, Gulistan e Johar and other areas.

According to the MET office the westerly system has left the city after early morning showers and no more rain is expected today in the port city.

The people going to offices and school children faced problems due to wet roads and accumulated rain water in some parts of area, where moderate to heavy rain was reported.

However many of the bike riders reportedly met accident due to over speeding on wet roads.

Meanwhile, mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours.

Cloudy weather with rain and snowfall over hills is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir, Punjab and Islamabad.

Temperature of some major cities recorded on Tuesday morning recorded as:

Islamabad 4 degree Celsius , Lahore 9, Karachi 16, Peshawar 8, Quetta 1, Gilgit -2, Murree -1 and Muzaffarabad -1 degree Celsius .