Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday issued a weather alert regarding flash floods in several cities for tonight.
The national authority also stated that the weather alert is the same for July 24 (Thursday), advising citizens to avoid going outside.
The following are the cities where the danger of flash floods exists greatly:
| Region | City/Area |
|---|---|
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Chitral |
| Dir | |
| Swat | |
| Shangla | |
| Mansehra | |
| Kohistan | |
| Abbottabad | |
| Buner | |
| Charsadda | |
| Nowshera | |
| Swabi | |
| Mardan | |
| Punjab (North & South) | Islamabad/Rawalpindi |
| Galliyat | |
| Murree | |
| Hill torrents of D.G. Khan | |
| Northeast Punjab | |
| Azad Jammu & Kashmir | Kashmir |
Furthermore, the PMD stated that the low-lying areas of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Okara, Nowshera, and Peshawar face a major risk of urban flooding.
Additionally, it added that monsoon rains may cause landslides/mudslides, potentially causing road closures in the vulnerable hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
“Heavy falls/windstorm and lightning may damage weak structures like the roof/wall of Kacha houses, electric poles, billboards, vehicles, and solar panels, etc, during the forecast period,” it warned in the weather alert.
Weather forecast for Thursday
According to PMD, Rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan, and northeast Balochistan.
Heavy falls (at times very heavy) are also likely in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pothohar region, northeast Punjab, and Kashmir during the period.
Hot and humid weather is expected in the southern parts of the country.
In an earlier development, a tragic incident unfolded on Tuesday morning in Islamabad’s DHA Phase 5, where a father and daughter were swept away in a car by flash flood during intense monsoon rainfall.
The victims, identified as Qazi Ishaq and his daughter, were residents of Sector A, DHA Phase 5. They were reportedly on their way to the daughter’s college when their car was caught in a fast rising drainage stream.
Eyewitnesses said the floodwater surged suddenly, and the father and daughter swept away in a car by flash flood in Islamabad had no time to escape. Onlookers heard them calling for help before the vehicle was dragged away and disappeared from view.
As of latest developement, authorities have so far remained unsuccessful in locating the father and the daughter despite using helicopters in Sawan River and neaby nullahs.
