PDMA issues rain alert in KP

Islamabad: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert of new round of intense monsoon rains is expected to begin in various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.

All Deputy Commissioners of the affected areas have been urged to take precautions, according to PDMA, to prevent any losses of people or property during the rainy season.

The PDMA also instructed all pertinent authorities to maintain vigilance over the repair of road links and the provision of traffic diversion routes.

Earlier, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) says that there is a possibility of heavy rain in some areas of Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from tomorrow to August 16.

Furthermore, rainfall is predicted in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Musa Khel, Barkhan, Zhob, Kalat, and Khuzdar between August 15 and 16.

As per PMD, Karachi is currently experiencing a minimum temperature of 26.5 degrees Celsius and the city's maximum temperature is anticipated to range between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius.

The air's humidity level is at 81 percent, and there is a wind speed of 22 km/h coming from the South West direction.

There is a possibility of partly cloudy weather and drizzle in Karachi during the next 24 hours.