Thunderstorm rain with gusty winds forecast for KP

News Desk

PESHAWAR: The Met Office on Wednesday predicted rain-thunderstorm associated with gusty winds at scattered places in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Kohistan, Torghar, Malakand, Swat, Chitral, Shangla, Buner, Lower and Upper Dir, Bajaur, Mohmand, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar, Khyber, and Kohat districts during the next 24 to 48 hours. Heavy rainfall is also expected at a few places in Malakand, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Balakot, Battagram, Shangla, and Torghar districts during the period; while rain-thunderstorm associated with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Hangu, Orakzai, Kurram, Bannu, Karak, LakkiMarwat, D.I. Khan, Tank, and North and South Waziristan districts. The weather remained mainly cloudy in most parts of the province during the last 24 hours. However, rain occurred at isolated places in Kohat, Dir, Malakand, Mansehra, Buner, Bajaur, Kurram and Khyber districts.

The chief amount of rainfall recorded in various districts of the province is as follows:

The maximum temperature recorded in major cities of the province during the last 24 hours was: DI Khan and Bannu 42C, Peshawar 35, Mardan 33, Kohat 35, and Chitral 37.