Karachi usually has normal weather which, in simple terms, means a little cold during the winter and a little hot during the summer. Yes I know sometimes but very rarely the temperature does get out of hand as it did in June 2015 with temperatures soaring as high as 49 degrees.

It was nothing short of a catastrophe as it claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 people from dehydration and heat strokes. Not only human beings but animals also suffered as that heat wave also claimed lives of zoo animals and numerous agricultural livestock.

Cold waves are rare in Karachi, specially the ones that might bring the temperature down to single digits, but it seems that weather patterns are changing fast and according to reports, Karachi is about to face the coldest winter temperatures in its history. This is not an isolated or local event but the result of changing global weather patterns that indicate the arrival of cold Siberian winds in our city.

Karachi or Pakistan are not the sole city or country that are affected but globally the landscape has turned white and major cities are........

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