KARACHI: At least five people were killed as the metropolis was battered with heavy rainfall on Thursday after initial light showers a day before, Geo News reported. 

Heavy rainfall started late Wednesday night, resulting in disruption of power supply to many areas of the city.  

Reports of rainfall were received from Saddar, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Airport, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Malir and other areas. The highest amount oif rainfall was recorded at 97mm in North Karachi. 

Heavy rainfall is expected to lash the metropolis until Friday. The downpour, and subsequent inundation of major roads and streets, resulted in low attendance in offices and led private schools to announce a holiday today late Wednesday night. 

Similarly, the Sindh education department too made a late announcement of schools' closure across the province. 

Moreover, Hub, Badin, Mirpurkhas and other areas of Sindh also received rain whereas forecasts predict light to heavy showers across Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well. 

The low-pressure system moving in from the South East is expected to bring over 40mm of rainfall coupled with winds as high as 60 kilometres per hour, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). 

According to the PMD, the weather system is going to affect the country's southern region until Friday after which the focus will shift to the northern region and will continue until Sunday. 

Power Outages: Over 100 Feeders Down

The K-Electric spokesman Fakhar Ahmed while speaking to Geo News said only 80 feeders of the power distribution company had tripped while 30-40 feeders had been shut down as precautionary measures due to urban flooding. 

He added that the power distribution company had a total of 1600 feeders. 

When asked about reports of power outages from across the city, Ahmed told Geo News that besides feeders tripping there were other issues as well that were causing power outages in areas, identifying local faults and PMT issues as the reasons.