ISLAMABAD: The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has predicted that sharp peaks of medium to high-level flood in River Jhelum (upstream Mangla) and medium to high-level flood in River Chenab (Marala, Khanki & Qadirabad), including Nullahs of Rivers Chenab and Ravi and Hill torrents of DG Khan Division expected in next 24 hours.
According to the daily report of the Flood Commission issued Wednesday, currently, there is no riverine flood situation, and all major Rivers of the Indus River System are flowing at a normal pace.
However, owing to very heavy rainfall (188 mm) in the twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, high flood flows were generated in Nullah Lai. The water level has now started receding. Meanwhile, Rawalpindi, District Administration, and WASA, with the backing of Rescue-1122, were ensuring all precautionary measures.
The report maintained that the combined updated storage of Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma is 9.135 MAF (67.95% of maximum live storage of 13.443 MAF) while this was observed as 4.334 MAF last year on the same date.
On Tuesday, monsoon influence over East Madhya Pradesh (India) has become insignificant; however, another fresh monsoon effect has developed over Northwestern Bay of Bengal (India).
In addition, westerly Wave’s trough prevails over Northeastern parts of Afghanistan and adjoining areas with seasonal low lies over Northeastern Balochistan, the report added.
Owing to present meteorological conditions, moderate to high moist currents from the Bay of Bengal are penetrating into the upper parts of Pakistan approximately up to 7000 feet.
Heavy Rainfall in KP and Punjab
Meanwhile, Flood Forecasting Division (FFD), Lahore, has predicted scattered to widespread wind thunderstorm/rain of moderate intensity with isolated heavy falls in next 24 hours over Islamabad, Punjab (Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan, Sahiwal, D.G Khan & Bahawalpur Divisions), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar, Bannu, Kohat, and DI Khan Divisions) including over upper catchments of all the major rivers of IRS. The average rainfalls at isolated places over Northern & Northeastern Punjab were also predicted along with isolated wind thunderstorms/rain over Loralai, Sibbi, Zhob, Nasirabad & Kalat Divisions of Balochistan and Southeastern Sindh.
The current monsoon activity is likely to continue in the upper and central parts of the country for the next 24 hours and may increase over southeastern Sindh during the next 48 hours.
In addition, from July 20 to July 26, 2023, scattered to widespread wind thunderstorms/rain of moderate intensity with heavy falls at different places and very heavy falls at one/two places are expected over the upper catchments of all the major rivers in the country.
