Overview
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department said a fresh western disturbance will trigger more rain, thunderstorms, hail and mountain snowfall across multiple provinces in the coming days.
- The forecast names districts in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir that could see widespread or scattered showers.
- Officials warned of landslides in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, with flash floods possible in northeast Balochistan, Kashmir and local streams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Urban flooding is possible in cities including Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sialkot, and wind, hail or lightning could damage weak structures and standing crops.
- The alerts follow Karachi’s longest-running station logging 38.6 mm this month, topping the 37 mm April 1985 mark, as Mohenjodaro set a 31-year rain record and Larkana and Badin posted unusual April lows.