NDMA warns of flash floods in 3 provinces this week

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has announced that new monsoon currents from the Bay of Bengal are expected to persist until August 3.

The authority has cautioned that these conditions may cause heavy rainfall and flash floods across Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to a press release, the ongoing monsoon currents are expected to bring “heavy to very heavy rainfall” to Pakistan’s upper catchment areas of the western and eastern rivers from July 28 to August 4.

“Flash flooding is expected in northeastern parts of Punjab including Deg, Basemter and Bein nullahs of River Ravi, Aik & Palku areas in catchment of Chenab as well as Neelum Valley, Muzafarabad, Rawalkot, Poonch, Hattian, Bagh, Haveli, Sudhanoti, Kotli, Bhimber of AJ&K while Mardan, Swat, Dir, Kohistan, Shangla and Malakand of Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,” the NDMA said. 

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The NDMA also highlighted that urban areas in northern and northeastern Punjab, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Gujrat, and Rawalpindi/Islamabad, are at risk of urban flooding.

Furthermore, the southern regions of Sindh, such as Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, and Karachi, are expected to experience similar flooding conditions during this period.