Water inflows in rivers - Indus, Jhelum, Chanab and Kabul - have abnormally increased after widespread rains up country during the past 24 hours.
In a special weather advisory, the Meteorological department said on Sunday that heavy fall may generate urban/flash flooding in upper KP (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan and Kohat divisions), FATA, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi divisions and Kashmir during next 24 hours. Land sliding may occur in vulnerable areas of Hazara division and Kashmir during the period. Water regulatory bodies told Business Recorder that water inflow in river Chenab shot up from 8,300 cusecs to 46,000 cusecs at Headworks Marala, near Sialkot, in river Jhelum from 20,841 to 252,792 cusecs at Mangla dam, in the Mighty Indus from 24,700 to 41,000 cusecs at Tarbela dam, and in river Kabul from 11,000 cusecs to 20,000 cusecs.
IRSA has reduced water outflow downstream the Mangla dam from 35,000 cusecs to 25,000 cusecs on Sunday following heavy rains in the command area of the Mangla zone rivers.
Met Office said that widespread rain-thundershower accompanied by strong gusty winds occurred in Punjab, KP, Kashmir, while at isolated places in Mirpurkhas division and Gilgit Baltistan and Islamabad during past 24 hours.
It recorded rain in mm as follows:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Malam Jabba 82, Chirat 79, Dir 50, Risalpur 36, Pattan 34, Saidu Sharif 33, Lower Dir 29, Peshawar City 25, Balakot 25, Peshawar A/P 24, Chitral 23, Kalam 19, Mirkhani 18, Parachinar 17, Kohat 15, D I Khan 12, Bannu 10, Kakul 10.
Punjab: Islamabad Saidpur 63, Rawalpindi Shamsabad 57,Islamabad Z P 49, Murree 48, Islamabad Golra 39, Islamabad Bokra 37,Rawalpindi Chaklala 36, Sargodha 33, M B Din 32, Mangla 30, Sialkot A/P 27, Jehlum 26, Bhakkar 26, Sialkot City 25., Gujrat 21, , Chakwal 18, D G Khan 18, Lahore 17, Kot Addu 16, Faisalabad 15, Noorpur Thal 15, , Gujranwala 12, Jhang 12, Kasur 11, Joharabad 08, T T Singh 07, Okara 06, Multan 04, Layyah 04, Bahawalnagar 03
Kashmir: Rawalakot 76, Muzaffarabad 47, Kotli 46, Garidupatta 28.
Gilgit-Baltistan: Hunza 03, Bagrot 01, Balochistan: Kalat 03, Sindh: Chorr 11, Mithi 06.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY
Scattered rain thunderstorm with snowfall over the hills accompanied by strong gusty winds is expected in Kashmir, Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sahiwal divisions), upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat divisions), Gilgit-Baltistan and FATA.