Indus at Chashma, River Ravi at Balloki in low floods

19 Jul, 2011

River Indus is in low floods at Chashma with a flow of 2,55,800 cusecs and River Ravi at Balloki with a discharge of 44,000 cusecs, Flood Warning Centre said, here on Monday. It said all other rivers are in below low floods at all vintage points.
The Meteorological Department has said that a fresh trough of westerly wave is moving over Northern parts of the country. Seasonal low lies over North Balochistan. Weak monsoon current from Arabian Sea is reaching Punjab up to 3000 feet.
It forecast scattered thunderstorm/rain over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, North, Northeast Punjab and South Eastern Sindh. Rainfall in millimeters recorded at 1700 PST on Monday. Mianwali=50, Johrabad=33, Lahore city=28, Mirkhani=09, Barkhan & Muzaffarabad=07 (each), Parachinar=05, Chhor=02, Kakul=01, Lahore A/P & Murree=Trace (each).

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