ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted fresh rains in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province between Sept. 15 and Sept. 19, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Sunday, as death toll from recent floods in Punjab rose to 104.
Heavy rains in northwest and India’s release of excess water have swelled Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers in Punjab since late Aug., killing 104 people, affected another 4.5 million and inundating more than 4,700 villages in the breadbasket province, according to Punjab PDMA.
The southern Sindh province remains wary of high flows in the Indus river as the floodwaters rush downstream from Punjab, however, the latest rain forecast has raised fears of a renewed floods in the eastern Punjab province.
Citing the PMD, KP PDMA said rain, thunderstorm is expected in Dir, Chitral, Swat, Kohistan, Kolai Pallas, Shangla, Battagram, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Buner, Malakand, Bajaur, Mohmand, Kohat, Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, Hangu, Karak North and South Waziristan.
“Heavy falls/windstorm and lightning may damage weak structures like roof/wall of Kacha houses, electric poles, billboards, vehicles and solar panels etc., during the forecast period,” it said in an advisory on Sunday evening.
