Rains in Most Parts of KP: Met Office

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Peshawar: Rain and cloudy weather have been predicted, with windy, gusty, and thundershowers, heavy rain at some places, and snowfall on high mountains, said the Meteorological Department on Thursday.

The rains are windy and gusty, with thundershowers and heavy rains predicted in most of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Chitral, Dir, Swat, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Kohistan, Shangla, Buner, Malakand, Waziristan, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Bajaur, Mohmand, Kirk, Khyber, Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera. , Swabi, Mardan, and Kurram.

From April 18 to 20, there is a risk of flooding in the Dir, Swat, Chitral, Kohistan, Mansehra, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Kashmir local rivers and areas adjacent to the Kabul River.

Landslides are also feared in Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Gilyat, Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan due to heavy rains from April 18 to 21, Meteorological Department officials said. Fear of damage to standing crops and weak infrastructure (electricity poles, solar panels of vehicles, etc.) due to wind, storm, hail, thunder, and heavy rain.

The minimum temperature has been recorded as low as 22 degrees Celsius, and it is likely to rise to a maximum of 24 degrees Celsius. The humidity ratio in the air has been recorded at up to 72 percent, the official said. Risk of inundation of low-lying areas due to rain.