Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain with wind and thunderstorm is likely at isolated places in north-western Balochistan during evening and night hours. Temperature of some major cities recorded on Sunday.
Islamabad seventeen degree centigrade, Lahore twenty-four, Karachi twenty-seven, Peshawar twenty-one, Quetta fifteen, Gilgit ten, Murree fourteen and Muzaffarabad eighteen degree centigrade. Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Sunday predicted dust-wind-thunderstorms and rain associated with isolated heavy rainfall and hailstorm in northern parts of the province from evening of Monday April 18 to Thursday April 21. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has dispatched an alert to all Deputy Commissioners in the province.
Thunderstorm and rain associated with windstorm is expected at scattered places in Chitral, Dir, Malakand, Buner, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan, Torghar, Battagram, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swabi, Mardan, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram and Hangu districts while at isolated places in Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Kohat, North and South Waziristan districts on Wednesday Thursday.
Wind and dust storm may cause damages to vulnerable structures especially in Peshawar and other cities of the province and power disruption in some cities on the evening.—APP
