Weather tracker: Unseasonal storms hit parts of Pakistan and India
The article reports on unseasonal heavy rainfall affecting southern Pakistan and north-west India, causing infrastructure damage and casualties, while also describing a concurrent heatwave in the western US with record-breaking temperatures. Both events are explained through meteorological causes.
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“Unseasonally wet weather struck southern Pakistan and north-west India on Wednesday, as heavy rain rolled in from the west, accompanied by thunderstorms, hail, and strong winds.”
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Wikipedia entries mention 2023 heat waves and 2010 weather events, but none directly confirm the specific unseasonal rainfall and storm details in southern Pakistan/north-west India on Wednesday. The evidence is unrelated to the claim's specific timing and location.
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— A number of heat waves began across parts of the northern hemisphere in April 2023. Various heat records have been broken, with July being the hottest month ever recorded.
Scientists have attributed t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_heat_waves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_heat_waves
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— The global weather activity of 2010 includes major meteorological events in the Earth's atmosphere during the year, including winter storms (blizzards, ice storms, European windstorms), hailstorms, ou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_of_2010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_of_2010
“Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, was particularly badly affected, locally recording more than 50mm of rain with winds gusting up to 60mph.”
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Wikipedia entries about Karachi's infrastructure (railway, buildings) provide no data on rainfall measurements or wind speeds. No evidence supports the specific meteorological claims.
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— Karachi City Railway Station (Urdu: کراچی شہر
ریلوے اسٹیشن), formerly McLeod Station, is one of the two main Karachi railway terminals along with the Karachi Cantonment station. Karachi City Station …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_City_railway_station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_City_railway_station
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— Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line (Urdu: کراچی–پشاور مرکزی ریل راستہ, romanized: karāčī-pešāvar markazī rēl rāsta) (also referred to as Main Line 1 or ML-1) is one of four main railway lines in Pakistan, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi–Peshawar_Line
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi–Peshawar_Line
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— Karachi is the capital city of the Sindh province of Pakistan. With a population of over 20 million, it is the largest city in Pakistan and one of the largest in the world. Being the economical hub of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_K…
“Walls, buildings, and a pedestrian bridge collapsed, with flooding and power outages across the city. At least 18 people were killed and several more injured, many by structural collapses, with other deaths attributed to a fallen tree and a lightning strike.”
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— Karachi is the capital city of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi
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— Karachi Division (Urdu: کراچی ڈویژن ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan created in December 1960. There are seven districts in Karachi Division. CNIC code of Karachi Divi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_Division
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— The Karachi Kings (Urdu: کراچی کنگز; Sindhi: ڪراچي ڪنگز) are a professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Karachi, the provincial capital…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_Kings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_Kings
“Storms were less intense for the neighbouring Indian provinces of Gujarat and Rajasthan, with most areas receiving no more than 15mm, though the city of Rajkot recorded 38mm.”
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“Heavy rain is rare in the region at this time of year; the majority of annual rainfall occurs during the monsoon between June and September.”
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“The average March rainfall in Karachi is 15.7mm, and the month is usually one of the driest in north-west India: most of Gujarat usually has less than 1mm on average and large parts of Rajasthan no more than 5mm.”
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“Meanwhile, large parts of the western US have been hit by a heatwave that intensified through this week, with temperatures expected to peak on Friday and Saturday.”
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“Maximum temperatures will widely exceed 30C across the south-west, about 10-15C above the seasonal average.”
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“Thursday saw temperatures soar to 42.2C in Indio, California, with many individual stations seeing March records broken as well.”
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“Phoenix, Arizona is expected to see temperatures above 40C for three days in a row from Thursday to Saturday. This will shatter the city’s March record, and perhaps even surpass the April record in the process.”
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“Denver in Colorado is forecast to surpass 30C on Saturday, almost 20C above the average temperatures for this time of year.”
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“This heatwave is anticipated to persist into next week and propagate eastwards, bringing much of the US under exceptionally warm weather by the middle of next week.”
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