Peshawar receive light rain, weather become pleasant
PESHAWAR
Nine persons have died and 17 other injured in rain-related incidents in different areas of the province, said casualties updates shared by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) here on Saturday.
The Authority has started distribution of relief goods among the rain affected people of district DI Khan, Khyber and South Waziristan.
PDMA has set up four relief campuses in DI Khan and has released Rs30 million to rains and flood affectees.
The Authority has said that the district administrations of the affected districts including DI Khan, Chitral, Kohistan, Khyber and South Waziristan are taking measures to provide relief to rains and flood affected people.
It said that PDMA is monitoring the whole situation and on the directives of the provincial government, PDMA, district administrations and concerned agencies have been put on high alert.
Meanwhile, Provincial capital Peshawar received light rain which made the weather more pleasant with more rains are predicted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the next two days, the official of the Met Office said here Saturday.
With more rain prediction in other parts of the province, the PDMA has also issued a letter to the district administration to avoid any untoward incident besides giving a warning call to locals and tourists like fear of floods, landslides in the northern and hilly areas of the province.
However, the Meteorology Department has forecast rains in most areas of the province on August 21 and 22 with risk of flooding in rivers and streams. PDMA also released an alert for urban flood in cities of plains and instructions in this connection issued to the district administration and other relevant institutions to take preventive measures.
Fear of floods and landslides in northern and hilly areas of the province, said a release of the PDMA. The tourists are also advised to be aware of the weather conditions and take precautionary measures after issuing more rain predictions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Met Office official said that there is a possibility of rain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Charsadda with strong winds and thunder in some places of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank.
The official also predicted heavy rains in some places of Malakand and Hazara divisions and due to heavy rain, there is a risk of flooding in local rivers and landslides in mountainous areas. He disclosed that 5 mm of rain was recorded in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday last.
