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Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, officials said Monday, as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose ...
An estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan could be affected by the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to bring heavier rains than usual, a top U.N. official warned on Thursday. The United ...
Lahore, which is Pakistan’s cultural capital, received a record 272 millimeters (10.7 inches) of rain in nine hours Wednesday, flooding Heavy monsoon rains return to Pakistan a year after deadly ...
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) (Urdu: محکمہ موسمیات پاکستان, also known as Pakistan Met Office [3] [4]), is an autonomous and independent institution tasked with providing weather forecasts and public warnings concerning weather for protection, safety and general information.
It is situated in the monsoon region of Pakistan. It is located on the coast bordering the Arabian Sea , and as a result, has a relatively mild climate . However, in more recent years, rainfall has become more abundant, with annual rainfall projected to reach over 500 mm by 2100.
The record breaking rain fell in just 10 hours. It was the heaviest rainfall in Pakistan during the past 100 years . [21] [22] The following is the Monsoon rainfall in Islamabad since 2006 based on the data from Pakistan Meteorological Department. [23] In 2006, a total of 962 millimetres (37.9 in) rain was recorded. [23]
The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some ...
It was not only the hottest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan but also the hottest reliably measured temperature ever recorded in the continent of Asia [1] [2] and the fourth highest temperature ever recorded on earth. The previous record for Sindh and Pakistan, and for all of Asia, had been 52.8 °C (127.0 °F), reached on 12 June 1919. [3 ...