Sunday, April 17, 2011

The spate of sporadic rain continues.

Intermittent heavy downpours today lashed Lahore, Gujranawala, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar Division, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir, while in the northern areas and upper Pakhtunkhaw the spate of sporadic rain continues.

Met Department said that upper Punjab including Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad and several areas in the upper Pakhtunkhaw likely to witness rains with thunder and lightening in the next 24 hours.

Swat and its surrounding areas continued receiving rains for the second day today. Weather turned chill after showers and light snowfall in Astur and Skardu.

District Kohistan, Mansehra, Islamabad and Pindi also witnessed rains this morning turning the weather pleasant. Heavy downpours lashed in different upper areas of Azad Kashmir including Neelum valley in Muzafarabad, upper Hathyan and Chakar. Shahrah-e-Neelum at a place Dhongacus, Srinagar-Muzaffarbad Road at Chakoti and Islamabad-Muzaffarabad Road at Kohala were closed due lashing rains and land-slidings.

Maximum rain in last 24 hours was recorded at 48mm in Rawalakot, Murree 46mm, Sibi –Patan 35 each, Muzaffarabad 31, Garhi Dopatta 30, Barkhan 27, Malamjabba 23, and Kotli—Risalpur 21mm each.


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