PMD predicts more rains, warns of urban flooding across country

PMD predicts more rains, warns of urban flooding across country

Pakistan

According to synoptic situation, monsoon currents from were penetrating in most parts of the country

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast rain-wind/thundershower in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab, Pothohar region, Islamabad, eastern and lower Balochistan and upper Sindh during the next 24 hours.

Heavy falls are likely to occur in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Islamabad, upper Punjab, Pothohar region and eastern Balochistan during the forecast period.

According to the synoptic situation, monsoon currents from Arabian Sea were continuously penetrating in most parts of the country. A westerly wave was also present over upper parts.

Heavy rains may cause flash flooding in local nullahs of Dera Ghazi Khan, northeast and south Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob, Qila Saifullah, Ziarat, Barkhan, Kohlu, Sherani, Harnai, Bolan, Loralai, Khuzdar, Lasbela, Kech, Turbat, Panjgur, Awaran and surrounding areas) during the next 24 hours.

Heavy rains may cause urban flooding in low lying areas of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Charsadda, Mardan, Nowshera, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Narowal, Sialkot, Lahore, Kasur and Faisalabad from July 27-28 and may trigger landslides in the vulnerable areas of Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the period.

During the last 24 hours, rain-wind/thundershower with heavy falls at few places occurred in Sindh, northeastern Balochistan, Punjab, Islamabad, Kashmir, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.