More rains, hailstorms forecast in different parts of Pakistan from Oct. 3-6
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday warned of heavy rains and hailstorms in the capital Islamabad, central Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province from Oct. 3 to 6, as the country reels from devastating flood losses.
Landslides, floods and rainfall this year have killed 1,037 people and injured 1,067 throughout the country from June 26 till October 1, according to Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority.
More than 3.6 million people were also affected across 3,363 villages, with nearly 1.29 million moved to safer areas and hundreds of relief camps set up in inundated districts in Punjab, Pakistan’s agricultural heartland.
"Thunderstorm and hailstorm [are] expected in Potohar, Punjab and southern KP," the PMD said in a post on X.
