Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted unusual rains this summer and warned of low magnitude flood in some areas of the country.
Met Office Director General Dr Ghulam Rasool in an interview said north-eastern areas of the country including Rawalpindi, Lahore and Gujranwala will receive 40 per cent more rain than the normal in the upcoming monsoon season.
Similarly, Karachi, Hyderabad and Thar will also receive more rain than normal which may result in a brief urban flood, if the water courses and sewerage are not timely cleaned.
He said upcoming two months are important in terms of planning as to how much we are prepared to cope with such a situation.
Meanwhile, rains with gusty winds in parts of the country including Islamabad and upper Punjab have turned weather pleasant.
According to PMD, Islamabad and Rawalpindi witnessed thunderstorm, as the wind that blew in twin cities was recorded at 93 kilometre/hour.
On the other hand, downpour also lashed Faisalabad, Sargodha, Gujrat, Sheikhupura, Lahore and Attock.
More rainfall is expected in Punjab and Kashmir in next two days, while dust-thunderstorm with strong gusty winds have been predicted at scattered places in Kashmir, Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad divisions) and Hazara divisions. Similarly, thunderstorm and winds are also predicted at isolated places in upper KP (Malakand, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu divisions), FATA, south Punjab (Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur divisions), northeast Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob, Sibbi, Naseerabad divisions), Sukkur division and Gilgit-Baltistan.
