The current spell of rains resulted in increasing the water level in Hub Dam to 338 feet and likely to fill to its maximum capacity for the first time in 13 years.

According to sources from Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), the torrential rains caused the water level in Hub Dam to rise by over eight feet during the past three days.

Sources said that after crossing the 339ft level any time today, excess water will start pouring out from the spillways of the Hub Dam into the sea near Mubarak Village.

Hub Dam is a reservoir on the Hub River. It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and Lasbela Districts on Sindh and Balochistan provinces border.

The dam is extended to 24300 acres with a gross storage capacity of 857000-acre feet. It is Pakistan’s third-largest dam.