KARACHI: Chief minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday said that at least 80 people were died in rain-related incidents across the Sindh province.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi on Friday, Murad Ali Shah while terming the torrential rains as national disaster urged the federal government to help provincial government in coping with the rain emergency.

He said that torrential rains claimed 47 lives in Karachi, 10 in Hyderabad, 6 in Larkana and 5 in Mirpur Khas.

He maintained that Karachi had received record-breaking rains in the current month. The chief minister said that 604 millimetres of rain was recorded in Karachi during August.

CM Murad Ali Shah said that he had directed all the commissioners to monitor the situation and assess losses to traders in urban areas. The chief minister said that he also sought a report of deranges to crops.

Thursday’s record-breaking torrential downpour in Karachi had left a trail of destruction, leading to the deaths of more than a dozen people and playing havoc with the port city’s ill-maintained and rickety infrastructure.

The city’s major thoroughfares and low-lying areas had remained submerged, reeling from the devastation caused by the rain. Power remained suspended in many areas even after 24 hours. Denizens had complained of disruption in their internet and cellular services. NNI