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Pakistan has seen many floods, the worst and most destructive is the recent 2010 Pakistan floods, other floods which caused destruction in the history of Pakistan, include the flood of 1950, which killed 2910 people; on 1 July 1977 heavy rains and flooding in Karachi, killed 248 people, according to Pakistan meteorological department 207 ...
The word winter comes from an old Germanic word for “time of water,” a reference to the heavy rain and snow this time of year, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
For this reason, the city may be classed as almost semi-arid (BSh), since it has a mild climate with a short but defined wet season, along with a lengthy dry season. Karachi has two main seasons; summer and winter, while spring and autumn are very short. The Summer season persists for the longest period during the year.
Since by almost all definitions valid for the Northern Hemisphere, winter spans 31 December and 1 January, the season is split across years, just like summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Each calendar year includes parts of two winters. This causes ambiguity in associating a winter with a particular year, e.g. "Winter 2018".
Western Disturbance has a great influence in the winter of the city. It produces rains and sometimes hailstorms. The highest temperature is 30.1 °C (86.2 °F) (30,Jan,1995) and it breaks the record the highest temperature in islamabad is 42 °C ( 0%, Humidity: 20% ,Wind: 11 km/h)(09-JUN,2021) and lowest temperature is −6.0 °C (21.2 °F).
Winter/Cold Season Magha and Phalguna ~ January & February Moderately cold, but pleasant during occasional sunshine; temperatures may decrease below 10 degrees celsius. This season is typical to tropical and subtropical regions because trees actually shed their leaves in this season in tropical areas; starts with the winter solstice.
A winter festival, winter carnival, snow festival, or frost fair is an outdoor cold weather celebration that occurs in wintertime. Winter festivals are popular in D climates (see Köppen climate classification ) where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Siberia , Scandinavia , Canada and the northern United States .
Kumrat (Urdu: کُمراٹ) is an alpine valley of the Dir Kohistan region in the Upper Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1] There is around 45 minutes drive to Kumrat Valley from the town of Thal on the banks of the Panjkora River. [1] It is among the most popular tourist spots in the Malakand Division. [2]