ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast wet weather with widespread rain, wind, and thundershowers in most parts of the country in the coming days.
The PMD has forecast more rains, thundershowers across country from Aug 17 as they said hat monsoon activity has intensified.
At least 312 people, including 142 children, have died and 740 others injured in flash floods and torrential rains that battered parts of the country since late June, according to updated data from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The torrents, which began on June 26, have left a trail of devastation across Pakistan. The dead include 113 men, 57 women and 142 children, while the injured include 243 children, 209 women and 288 men.
Weather advisory
In its latest weather advisory issued on Tuesday, the Met Office said monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea were continuously penetrating the upper parts of Pakistan, while moist currents from the Bay of Bengal were likely to strengthen midweek.
A westerly wave currently affecting the region was also expected to intensify from Aug 17.
Under these conditions, rain-wind/thundershower with scattered heavy falls is expected in Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, upper Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan from Aug 14 -17, according to the PMD.
The wet spell is expected from Aug 18-21 in many northern areas, including Neelum Valley, Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Poonch, and several districts of GB.
From Aug 18-21, KP would witness widespread rains, with heavy to very heavy falls in districts such as Dir, Swat, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Peshawar and Mardan.
Punjab, including Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Murree, Galliyat, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, and Faisalabad, was likely to experience heavy rains from Aug 18-21, with scattered activity in southern districts.
Parts of Balochistan, including Barkhan, Zhob, Khuzdar, Gwadar, and Panjgur, as well as several Sindh districts, including Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, and Tharparkar, were also expected to receive showers between Aug 18-22.
The PMD has warned that heavy rains may generate flash floods in local streams and nullahs of KP, Murree, Galliyat, northeast Punjab and AJK from Aug 15-21, and hill torrents in Dera Ghazi Khan and eastern Balochistan from Aug 18-21.
