Monsoon Rains to hit Punjab from Monday

A new rain-bearing system of moderate to heavy intensity is likely to affect upper catchments of all major rivers along with Suleiman range from Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
As a consequence, flash flooding in the Hill Torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan Division and local nullahs of Northern Balochistan including small rivers of Bannu, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan Divisions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is expected.
For the next 24 hours, mainly dry weather has been predicted by Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) Lahore over most parts of the country.
However, thunderstorms and rain of Light to Moderate Intensity at isolated places are expected over Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan (Kalat Division) and over the upper catchments of all the major rivers during the same period.
While the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that River Kabul continues to flow in low flood at Nowshera while rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej are flowing normally.
According to the daily FFC report issued on Sunday, the existing Combined Live Storage of the country’s major reservoirs of Tarbela, Chashma and Mangla is 7.135 MAF of 13.443 MAF.
According to Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) Lahore, a trough of Westerly Wave over Kashmir and adjoining areas has earlier moved away eastwards, whereas seasonal low continues to prevail over Northwestern Balochistan.
Mild Moist Currents from the Arabian Sea are penetrating into upper parts of the country up to 3000 feet.
On the other hand, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted Monsoon Rains in the country from tomorrow, July 3 to July 8 and warned the concerned department to be ready to deal with any unpleasant situation.