Monsoon has started in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, heavy rains in different cities have caused a fire, heat stress has been broken due to rain, power has been suspended in many areas due to tripping of several feeders while floods in rivers and canals. Due to this, the roads were flooded.
The rain in various districts of Punjab including Lahore reduced the heat, following the rain the severity of the fever also decreased.
The strong winds accompanied by heavy rains have broken the pressure of the rising humidity and intense heat, but water logging and power outages following the rains are causing a double doom to the citizens.
Rain is continuing intermittently in various districts of Punjab, Khanpur, Farooqabad, Toba Tek Singh, Pakpattan and Borewala were hit by heavy rain.
In Khanpur, heat stress was broken by rain with strong winds, power was suspended in many areas due to tripping of several feeders.
Monsoon winds will enter eastern Sindh today, following heavy rains in Punjab and Azad Kashmir
The weather has become pleasant in Farooqabad city and its surroundings, while the rain is continuing intermittently in Wahari as well.
It rained in Toba Tek Singh also, the weather became pleasant, the main cities started presenting the scene of rivers and canals.
Heavy rains paralyzed the life system in Pakpattan city and its surroundings, many feeders tripped, power supply was suspended while highways leading to Dargah Baba Farid were submerged.
In Borewala, the rain submerged streets and neighborhoods in the city and suburbs, rain water entered houses and shops, several feeders tripped, plunging the city and villages into darkness.
The highest rainfall in Punjab was recorded at 82 mm in Jhang, 67 mm in Bahawalnagar, 61 mm in Bhakkar, 40 mm in Rawalpindi and 30 mm in Faisalabad.
According to the Meteorological Department, rain will continue for the next few days.
The recent rains and strong winds have broken the heatwave and the weather has become quite pleasant, while the Meteorological Department has predicted more rains.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In most of the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar, the heat wave was broken by rain, the weather became pleasant due to raining clouds.
According to the Meteorological Department, 11 mm of rain was recorded in Saidu Sharif, 6 mm in Takhtbai, 5 mm in Balakot and Malam Jabba.
Balochistan
Monsoon winds have also entered Balochistan, rains are continuing in North-Eastern areas.
Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz says that Balochistan is likely to receive more than normal rains this year.
He said that there will be two or three spells of rain during July, in August there will be more monsoon rains in Balochistan.
Harnai
Traffic on Harnai-Punjab national highway was suspended due to flooding in rivers and canals due to rain in Harnai region of Balochistan.
Train traffic on Harnai Sabi railway section has been suspended due to rain.
According to railway officials, the track near Harnai railway section Sunari was also damaged by the flood relay.
According to the station master, work has started for the rehabilitation of the Harnai Sabi railway section.
South Waziristan
After the rain in South Waziristan, the traffic was affected due to the flood relay in the rain drain, queues of vehicles were formed.
Heavy rain has continued since late night in different areas of Wana region of South Waziristan, due to which, while the weather became pleasant due to the rain, the traffic was affected on both sides due to the flood channel in the Dana-e-Azam Warsak rain channel and long queues of vehicles were formed. While the electricity supply is also off in most places of Wana.
Karachi
In different areas of Karachi, light rain broke the heat in the early morning, while the weather became pleasant with cool winds blowing in the city.
Since the morning, the shade has turned black, it has rained in Karachi since the night
The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for heavy rains, while there is a fear of urban flooding in cities and landslides in mountainous areas.
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2024-07-10 16:40:37