NDMA issues fresh alert for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms in KP, Punjab

National Disaster Management Authority has issued a fresh alert of rain wind and thunderstorms with heavy downpours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and isolated rainfall in Punjab from today till Saturday. Rains may cause increased flows in local nullahs and river tributaries and low to medium flows are expected in Kabul River and its tributaries. Increased flows may cause flash floods in Abbottabad, Parachinar, Charbagh, Charsadda, Chitral, Dir, Haripur, Hazara, Malakand, Mansehra, Mardan, Peshawar, and Swabi districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Heavy falls are expected in Potohar region and Bahawalpur, DG Khan, Multan, Rahimyar Khan, Layyah, Mianwali, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Jhelum, Lahore, Narowal and Sialkot districts of Punjab. NDMA has also issued instructions to all relevant departments to take necessary precautions to mitigate the possible effects of flooding and extreme weather. Source:Radio Pakistan