Heavy Rains and Urban Flooding in Sindh, Pakistan

The increase in sea surface temperature trends in the Arabian sea and Indian ocean is obvious during the last decade. This year, the northern Arabian Sea was up to 2-3°C warmer than usual in August. This makes the air above warmer, humid and unstable. This causes a huge amount of moisture to be available along with the coastal areas of Pakistan. This moisture further coupled with the low-pressure areas of the Bay of Bengal and the western disturbances, and that triggered the heavy precipitation in coastal and other regions of Pakistan