Monsoon rains lash Karachi, causing flooding in low-lying areas

Record ID: 2022132

  • Title: Monsoon rains lash Karachi, causing flooding in low-lying areas
  • Date: 19th August 2025
  • Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 19, 2025) (REUTERS) TRAFFIC MOVING, HEAVY RAIN RAIN FALLING TRAFFIC MOVING, HEAVY RAIN RAIN FALLING OVER BUILDINGS RAIN FALLING ON SOLAR PANELS RAIN FALLING ON GROUND RAIN FALLING ON BUILDINGS (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LOCAL RESIDENT, MOHAMMAD TUFAIL, SAYING: “There is a lot of water logging on the streets. My clothes and shoes were soaked in water when
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  • Keywords: flood karachi pakistan rain weather
  • Location: KARACHI, PAKISTAN
  • City: KARACHI, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA001823919082025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Heavy monsoon rains pounded Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, on Tuesday (August 19), bringing low-lying areas to a standstill with severe flooding.
    Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said in a statement that strong monsoon currents were penetrating into most parts of the southern Sindh province.
    Widespread rain and thunderstorms are expected in several districts in Sindh, including Karachi, until August 22, with occasional breaks in between, the Meteorological Department added.
    Elsewhere, flash floods triggered by a cloudburst brought down homes and buildings in northwest Pakistan. The toll contributed to a total of 358 deaths in the floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since Friday (August 15)– more than 200 of them in the worst hit district of Buner.
    (Production: Waseem Sattar, Shahabuddin Shahab)
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