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- Heavy rains anticipated in Punjab, Sindh from Aug 26 to 29.
- Torrential rains might set off flash flooding throughout areas.
- Public suggested to stay vigilant and observe directions.
The National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) on Saturday issued warning to related departments to remain alert in anticipation of torrential rains in Sindh and Punjab from August 26 to 29.
“A robust system is lively over components of Sindh and will end in heavy downpour in brief length whereas in most components of the Punjab, together with the Potohar area, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Multan remoted rainfalls are anticipated intermittently,” it said.
The authority warned that torrential rains might generate flash flooding in native nullahs/streams and hill torrents of DG Khan Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan.
Meanwhile, coastal flooding might also happen alongside Makran’s coast and in low laying areas of Dadu, Hyderabad, Badin and Shahdadpur district of Sindh.
The NDMA, in its assertion, urged all related authorities and the general public to take essential precautions to mitigate the potential impacts of flooding and heavy rains.
It additionally instructed the departments to alert Emergency Response Teams and mobilised assets to make sure a swift response to any arising conditions.
The public can also be suggested to stay vigilant and observe directions from native authorities.
The advisory got here a day after the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted heavy downpours within the southern components of the nation together with Karachi from August 26 to 29.
A low-pressure climate system that’s at present situated over west Bengal is prone to transfer westwards throughout the subsequent couple of days, the Met Office mentioned, including that the climate system would deliver sturdy monsoon currents within the nation’s southern areas on the evening of August 25.
The low-pressure system will trigger heavy rain and winds, together with thundershowers, scattered in addition to remoted very heavy showers from the evening of August 25 to August 29 with occasional gaps.
