Five more die from heatstroke in Karachi as humid weather persists

KARACHI: As citizens received little respite from excessive heat and humidity for the sixth consecutive day, five more patients being treated for heatstroke at different tertiary care hospitals died, sources told Dawn on Friday.

The maximum temperature recorded in the city was 39 degrees Celsius with 49 per cent relative humidity.

Hot winds blew across the city with occasional gaps and the city couldn’t see rain, at least till late evening hours, as was being expected in the light of met department’s forecast.