Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The Pakistan Metrological Department on Monday issued a significant flood warning for the northern parts of the country. The Met predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of the Kabul River along with hill torrents of the Dera Ghazi Khan division.
“According to latest hydro-meteorological situation, monsoon has become active over Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir producing widespread thunderstorm/rains,” an alert issued by the PMD’s Flood Forecasting Division said. The advisory was shared on Twitter by Azhar Mashwani, the focal person on digital media to the Punjab chief minister. The alert warned that the existing weather system is likely to persist over those areas during the next 48 hours “with [a] high probability of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of River Kabul and its tributaries along with hill torrents of DG Khan division which may cause medium to high flood situation”.
Meanwhile, the water level in Indus River surged on Monday at three barrages in Sindh after continuous rainfall in the country. According to the water data released by Sindh irrigation department the
water level at Guddu Barrage and Sukkur Barrage surged by 13,000 and 2000 cusecs respectively in past 24 hours.
The new spell of monsoon rains on Sunday night and Monday lashed different cities of all the four provinces of the country.
In Punjab, the downpour hit Sadiqabad, Minchinabad, Jahanian, Shorkot, Sangala Hill, Murree, Pakpattan, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and others areas.
