F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological has forecast new spell of rain and snowfall in western parts of the country from Sunday.
According to details, Pakistan Meteorological Department on Saturday informed that a strong rain bearing system will enter in the country on Sunday evening or night and it will likely to persist till Friday.
Report added that in the initial phase, rain with snowfall over the hills is expected at scattered places at Balochistan’s Quetta, Zhob and Kalat divisions, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab’s Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha and Faisalabad divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir during Sunday and Monday.
The weather system in its final phase will likely to further intensify on Tuesday evening and may persist till Friday, the forecast said.
The weather advisory has also warned that heavy rainfalls may trigger landslides in Malakand, Hazara, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir and may cause flash flooding in local nullah and riverine of Balochistan and hill torrents of DG Khan on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has also issued an alert.
