Islamabad and other major cities in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will experience urban flooding over the next couple of days as a result of heavy monsoon rainfall.
Low-lying districts of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sialkot, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Multan, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Okara, Kohat, Peshawar, Bannu, Karak, and D I Khan have been warned that heavy rains from July 6-8 could cause urban flooding.
Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, and the hilly regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are particularly at risk for landslides during this time period. Kashmir, D.G. Khan, Kohlu, Sibbi, Barkhan, Zhob, Loralai, Qilla Saifullah, and Musa Khel could experience flash flooding due to heavy rains during monsoon.
According to the current synoptic conditions, the country’s upper and central regions are being penetrated by moist currents from the Arabian Sea. The upper and central regions of the country are also seeing the effects of the monsoons spreading from the Bay of Bengal. The upper and central portions of the country are also being hit by a monsoon flood coming from the west.
Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, the Pothohar region, east/northeast Balochistan, and eastern/upper Sindh can all expect rain-wind/thundershower as a result of the current weather trend. There may be a few significant downpours in other parts of Pakistan, including Punjab, Islamabad, Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Northeast Balochistan.
In Punjab, rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Murree, Galliyat, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Attock, Chakwal, Sargodha, Mianwali, Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Bahawalnagar, Narowal, Sialkot, Sahiwal, Gujranwala, Gujarat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad, Lahore, Bhakkar, Layyah, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur, Taunsa, Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan. Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Kasur, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Attock, Chakwal, and Layyah may experience flooding due to heavy rain throughout the period.
Details of monsoon rain received by different areas
Punjab: Lahore received 150mm rain, Kasur 70mm, Sahiwal 23mm, Toba Tek Singh 17mm, Jhang 14mm, Hafizabad 10mm, Noorpur Thal and Sargodha 09mm each, Narowal 08mm, Bhakkar 04mm, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin and Sialkot 02mm each, Gujranwala, Joharabad, Murree and Layyah 01mm each.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Dir received 20mm rain, Pattan 14mm, Balakot 09mm, Malam Jabba 06mm, Saidu Sharif 05mm, D I Khan 04mm, Parachinar 02mm and Drosh 01mm.
Balochistan: Sibbi received 09mm rain and Zhob 05mm.
Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit received 07mm rain, Hunza 06mm, Gupis 03mm and Astore 01mm.
