Heavy rains may trigger flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in next two days

Heavy rains may trigger flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in next two days
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Summary Widespread rains are expected over KP on Friday and Saturday.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - An active weather system, presently giving rains over Balochistan, is heading towards Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) and very likely to intensify on Friday evening and night.

Under the influence of this strong weather system, widespread rains are expected over KP on Friday and Saturday.

According to Met Office, scattered heavy at times very heavy downpours expected over upper parts of KP, including Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan and Kohat divisions during Friday evening to Saturday that may trigger flash floods in the vulnerable areas of the province.

So far, Khuzdar has received 37mm rain, Kalat 36mm, Quetta 34mm, Jhang 32 mm, Barkhan 24mm, Dalbandin 23mm, Sibbimm, Zhob 22mm, Mandibahauddin 19mm, D.I.Khan 18mm, Dir 15mm, Lower Dir 14mm, Sargodha 13mm, Cherat, D.G.Khan 12mm, Panjgur 11mm, Mianwali 10mm, Bannumm, Malamjaba 9mm, Kohat 08mm, Islamabad Z.P , Saidu Sharif 07mm, Gujranwala, Nokkundi 06mm, Faisalabad, Jacobabad, Larkana, Multan, Rawalpindi 05mm, Mirkhani , Garhi Dupatta, Muzaffarabad 04mm, Jhelum, Mangla, Peshawar 03mm, Kotli, Murree, Rawalakot 02mm, Toba Tek Singh, Drosh, Sialkot A/P, Risalpur and Pasni 01mm.

During next 24 hours, widespread rain-thundershower accompanied by strong gusty winds is also expected in Kashmir, Islamabad, FATA, upper Punjab (Sargodha, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sahiwal divisions), while at scattered places in south Punjab (D.G khan, Bahawalpur, Multan divisions), north east Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob, Sibbi and Naseerabad divisions), isolated places in Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Makran divisions.


 


 

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