ISLAMABAD: Partly cloudy weather with light rain and light snowfall is likely in Potohar region, central or south Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. According to the synoptic situation, a shallow westerly wave was present over upper and central parts of the country. Cold and dry weather is expected […]
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Heavy dusty wind hits Karachi, causes zero visibility
KARACHI: Heavy dusty wind on Friday reportedly created havoc in Karachi causing roofs and walls to collapse in various parts of the city. The wind that blew from West dropped mercury, which according to Pakistan Metrological Department was expected to come down to single-digit, ranging from eight to nine degrees Celsius from January 22-26. Moreover, […]
Rain expected at various parts of country: PMD
ISLAMABAD: Rain with snowfall is expected in northwestern Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, upper Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Kashmir on Wednesday according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). Dense Fog is likely to prevail in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh. According to the synoptic situation, a westerly wave is affecting northwestern Balochistan and likely to […]
Fawad appeals tourists to postpone trips to upper areas
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday requested the tourists not to plan trips towards upper areas of the country for a few days. He said a large number of people were going towards Murree and other places of upper areas, adding, millions of vehicles were heading towards these spots. The […]
First rain of winter season, temperature drops
Rain in several parts of the country have further brought down the temperatures and improved the situation with respect to smog in Punjab. Rain in Sahiwal, Vehari, Lodhran, Jhang, Fort Abbas, Arifwala, Gojra, Pakpattan and Feroze Watowan and other areas of southern Punjab, in Dera Ismael Khan and North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and […]
Punjab University to use artificial rain to reduce smog
As there appears to be no immediate let-up in the intensity of smog in Lahore in the absence of natural rainfall, Punjab’s academia has therefore decided to utilize artificial rain. Dr Munawar Sabir, Director of the CIMR, revealed that they have been experimenting with artificial rain for several months and have made all of the […]
Weather: Extremely heavy rains expected in Karachi
The Madhya Pradesh monsoon system is expanding swiftly to the northwest. From Oman or Balochistan, this intense monsoon system will join the Arabian Sea through Gujarat on September 29. Deep Depressions and Tropical Storms can become even more powerful when they approach the Arabian Sea. From September 28 to October 2, this powerful monsoon system […]
More Rain-wind-thundershower predicted in southern half of country
ISLAMABAD: The monsoon rainfall likely to subside in upper parts will occur in the southern half of the country during the next week with occasional gaps according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). The met office has informed that strong monsoon currents are likely to penetrate in Sindh from September 27 (Monday) and likely to […]
Death toll in central China floods rises to 302, 50 missing
The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said Monday, after record downpours dumped a year’s worth of rain on a city in just three days. Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province and the epicentre of the record flooding, was hardest-hit with […]
India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease
Rescuers waded through waist-deep mud in western India Monday to reach injured residents and start a massive clean-up as the death toll from monsoon-triggered landslides and floods climbed to 198. In the worst-hit state of Maharashtra, rescuers halted search operations in the hillside village of Taliye, southeast of Mumbai, where 53 bodies have been recovered. […]