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KARACHI - The country’s worst heatwave in decades has claimed hundreds of lives in Karachi as authorities on Tuesday ordered closure of all educational institutions and government offices while the army has also been called in to deal with the situation.
The heatwave, sweeping across Sindh, has been going on since the start of Ramazan on Friday, wreaking havoc and triggering an emergency situation in major hospitals of the province. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in Sindh hit 1,200.
Over 1,200 lives have perished in sizzling heat in four consecutive days in the port mega city as temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) at the weekend. Around 1,000 people died in public hospitals of Karachi while dozens died at small medical institutes and clinics. Many of the victims were elderly people from low-income families.
Emergency was declared at hospitals and statistics revealed that some 350 people died only on Tuesday when temperatures remained at around 44.5 Celsius in Karachi, but luckily thunderstorms were forecast for the evening by country’s Meteorological Office.
Edhi Welfare Organisation said their two morgues in the city had received more than 400 corpses in the last three days. “The mortuaries have reached capacity,” Edhi spokesman Anwar Kazmi said. The deaths came as the people observe the Ramazan. Some clerics have issued public warnings saying that physically weak people can abstain from fasting in these tough conditions.
Deaths 1 200 as Karachi wilts under heat
1200 people in four days!
The heatwave, sweeping across Sindh, has been going on since the start of Ramazan on Friday, wreaking havoc and triggering an emergency situation in major hospitals of the province. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in Sindh hit 1,200.
Over 1,200 lives have perished in sizzling heat in four consecutive days in the port mega city as temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) at the weekend. Around 1,000 people died in public hospitals of Karachi while dozens died at small medical institutes and clinics. Many of the victims were elderly people from low-income families.
Emergency was declared at hospitals and statistics revealed that some 350 people died only on Tuesday when temperatures remained at around 44.5 Celsius in Karachi, but luckily thunderstorms were forecast for the evening by country’s Meteorological Office.
Edhi Welfare Organisation said their two morgues in the city had received more than 400 corpses in the last three days. “The mortuaries have reached capacity,” Edhi spokesman Anwar Kazmi said. The deaths came as the people observe the Ramazan. Some clerics have issued public warnings saying that physically weak people can abstain from fasting in these tough conditions.
Deaths 1 200 as Karachi wilts under heat
1200 people in four days!
