Karachi(May 22, 2018): Severe heat wave to remain in Sindh including Karachi, mercury can shoot up to 44-degree centigrade in the metropolis.
According to the metrological department, severe heat wave to remain in the city today, whereas humidity in the air is recorded at 9percent.
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Spell of the heat wave to remain in the city until Thursday, after then the weather will be normal, said Met department.
Yesterday, Faisal Edhi of the Edhi Foundation reported that at least 65 people have died in different areas of Karachi from heatstroke.
According to Faisal, 114 bodies were brought to the Edhi Foundation’s morgues in Karachi’s Korangi and Sohrab Goth areas in the past three days, out of which at least 65 had died from heatstroke.
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Most of the citizens who died from heatstroke were residents of Landhi and Korangi, Faisal said.
He added that most heatstroke victims had died at their home. The ages of people who succumbed to the ongoing heatwave in Karachi varied from six to 78 years, he said.
According to the weather reports the temperature will remain above 40 in Karachi for more three days.
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