ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Metrological Department has said that rains in Sindh have subsided and dry weather is expected to prevail in most parts of Sindh during the next 10 days, with one or two brief rains at a few places during the period. Dry weather conditions in Karachi will be supportive for rescue/relief operation during the next 10 days, it added.
The Met department also stated more rains were predicted in the upper parts of the country on Thursday and Friday.
The National Weather Forecasting Center has stated that monsoon currents from Bay of Bengal are likely to reach upper parts of the country during the next 12-18 hours. A westerly wave is also present over northwestern parts of the country.
Rain-thundershower with isolated heavy falls are expected in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Faisalabad, Kasur, Okara, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Dir, Swat, Buner, Shangla, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mardan, Nowshera, Charsadda, Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday/Friday.
Heavy falls may generate urban flooding in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, and may trigger landslides in vulnerable areas of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, during the period.
Rain-thundershower occurred in Kashmir, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan during the last 24 hours, while remained dry elsewhere in the country.
Rainfall (in mm) recorded in different parts of the country is as follows: Kashmir: Muzaffarabad (City 140, Airport 48), Garhi Dupatta 14, Rawalakot 01, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Malam Jabba 135, Balakot 112, Patan 91, Charat 85, Kakul 82, DI Khan 70, Saidu Sharif 61, Kalam 50, Dir (Upper 49, Lower 44), Takht Bai 36, Peshawar (City 28, AirPort 02), Mirkhani 17, Chitral 16, Drosh 12, Punjab: Noorpur Thal 103, Jhang 75, Islamabad (Airport 73, Golra 44, Saidpur 29, Zero Point 23, Bokra 19), Attock 72, Joharabad 65, Bhakkar 50, Murree 30, Chakwal 29, Karor (Layyah) 28, Khanewal 26, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad 21, Chaklala 17), Faisalabad 10, Sargodha 08, Toba Tek Singh 06, Hafizabad 02, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar, Multan 01, Gilgit-Baltistan: Chillas 13, Bagrote 03, Gilgit and Astor 02.
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