Pre-monsoon rain: PDMA issues flash flooding alert in rivers, ravines

Web Desk

Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday issued a pre-monsoon rain alert to all district administrations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The PDMA through a notification conveyed to the district administrations that heavy rainfall and hailstorm are likely to occur at isolated places which could cause flash-flooding in local ravines and rivers and trigger land-sliding in vulnerable hilly areas of the province.

It directed all the district administrations to strictly monitor the flow of rivers and shift the population living on the banks of rivers to a safe place well before time to avoid any loss of life or property due to floods, the alert notification states.

The spokesman PDMA said that the control room of the authority would remain operational round the clock and in case of any emergency people could dial helpline 1700.

Meanwhile, the Met Office also forecasted mainly partly cloudy weather in most parts of the province during the last 24 to 48 hours.

However, rain-thunderstorms associated with gusty winds are likely to occur at scattered places in Hazara Division and other parts of the province.

The weather remained cloudy in most parts of the province during the last 24 hours. However, rain-thunderstorms associated with gusty winds occurred at scattered places in Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Bannu, DI Khan and Peshawar divisions.

Hailstorms also occurred at a few places in the plain area of the province. The maximum rainfall during the last 24 hours was recorded 64mm in district DI Khan followed by 51 in Risalpur and 26 in Kakul.