KARACHI: There was no respite for citizens on Wednesday as the temperatures in most cities and towns of Sindh remained above the 40 degrees Celsius mark.The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in Karachi were 43.2°C and 27°C respectively.

The humidity ranged between 19percentand34pc.

According to the Met department, Chhor in Tharparkar district continued to be the hottest place in Sindh for the second con-secutive day with 46.5°C temperature.

The high temperatures recorded in some other towns of Sindh were: Sukkur (45.5°C); Dadu, Jacobabad, Shaheed Benazirabad (45°C); Hyderabad, Badin, Rohri, Padidan (44.5°C); Mirpurkhas, Sakrand, Moenjodaro (44°C); Larkana,Thatta and Tandojam (43.5°C).

The temperature is expected to remain hot to very hot and dry in the entire province on Thursday.

`It is expected to drop for a day or two but it will start rising from next week again,` a Met department official warned.