{"id":17106,"date":"2025-08-20T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17106"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:04:06","slug":"wahab-pins-karachi-torrential-rain-damage-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17106","title":{"rendered":"Wahab pins Karachi torrential rain damage on climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday said the city\u2019s recent downpour was part of the wider challenge of climate change, which has also caused destruction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference, he said global warming and climate change were a reality and a test for administrations worldwide, citing the situations in New York, Dubai and Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said the heavy rains left residents facing difficulties, with criticism and political point-scoring further exacerbating the situation. He noted that Karachi\u2019s stormwater drains have a capacity of only 40mm. \u201cWhen rainfall exceeds this amount, consequences become evident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, Karachi also witnessed torrential rains,\u201d he said, adding that two spells hit the city on the same day, with the first beginning in the morning. He said drainage efforts were launched once the rain subsided and conditions on main roads had improved by 12.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Second spell of rain hits Karachi<\/p>\n<p>A second spell struck around 1.15pm, continuing non-stop until early Wednesday morning, according to Wahab. Manghopir received 235mm of rain, while more than 170mm was recorded across the city in 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p>He urged citizens to avoid unnecessary travel and warned that the biggest challenge during rescue operations was maintaining traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p>While climate change is undoubtedly intensifying extreme weather events, the misery faced by Karachi\u2019s citizens stems less from nature\u2019s wrath and more from the city\u2019s decayed governance and poor infrastructure. In a metropolis of over 20 million, drains remain clogged with garbage, roads collapse after a few hours of rain, and underpasses turn into death traps.<\/p>\n<p>At least a dozen people lost their lives in the latest spell of monsoon rains, most from electrocution and house collapses.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike northern Pakistan, where recent rains triggered flash floods and landslides, Karachi\u2019s fatalities were largely the result of urban management failures \u2014 exposed wires, open drains, weak housing structures and inadequate drainage systems \u2014 underscoring the city\u2019s vulnerability to preventable tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday said the city\u2019s recent downpour was part of the wider challenge of climate change, which has also caused destruction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir in recent days. Addressing a press conference, he said global warming and climate change were a reality and a test for administrations worldwide, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}