A history amount of rain fell on Pakistan’s following city of Lahore on Thursday, flood buildings and institutions.
Some areas of the city, which is close to the border with neighboring India, saw 353 millimeters ( 14 inches ) in a matter of hours, the water and sanitation agency said.
That, according to officials, broke the city’s previous record of 332 mm over three days in July 1980.
Pakistan Meteorological Department’s ( PMD) deputy director, Farooq Dar, described the deluge as “record-breaking rainfall” in the region, according to AFP news agency.
Lahore’s universities and agencies are still shut down.
According to reports, at least one man died in Lahore from electrocution. The state’s commissioner has declared a state of emergency, which will temporarily shut down all public colleges and offices.
The Jinnah and Services clinics in Lahore experienced problems for patients who were receiving treatment it as a result of the big downpour’s rapid flooding and rainwater entering some wards.
According to a Lahore standard, the government has dedicated all resources to ensuring that clean-up businesses are being conducted both at the hospital and in the area.
The rocky Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is located north of the country, has experienced heavy rain in other places over the past three weeks. At least 24 people have died there, according to the statewide disaster management expert.
In Pakistan, during the monsoon season between June and September, heavy snowfall is popular.
But the nation, particularly the south and the north of the state, faced severe rainfall in 2022, with researchers linking the severe weather event to climate change, or a long-term change in weather patterns.
