Lahore:Heavy to moderate but scattered rain was witnessed in various city localities here on Sunday while Met Office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours.
The rain started in the morning and continued till afternoon in spans. Following the rain, traffic went to a snail’s pace on the major city roads while a number of motorcyclists and pedestrian took refuge under the trees, shades and underpasses.
The highest rainfall of 67 mm was recorded in Farrukhabad. In other localities it was Lakshmi Chowk 67mm, Gulshan Ravi 66 mm, Chowk Nakhuda 58 mm, Paniwala Talab 57mm, Airport 54 mm, Upper Mall 52 mm, Mughalpura 48 mm, Iqbal Town 46 mm, Qurtaba Chowk 40 mm, Samanabad 21 mm, Gulberg 21mm, Jail Road 17.5 mm and Johar Town 15 mm.
Meanwhile, Met Office warned that heavy rains may generate flash flooding in local nullahs/streams of Kohat, Karak, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Dir, Swat, Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Attock, Talagang, Chakwal, Mianwali, Sialkot, Narowal
, Jhelum, Gujarat, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Hafizabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Murree, Galliyat and Kashmir on August 12 (Monday).
They further warned that heavy downpour may cause urban flooding in low lying areas of Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, Peshawar, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sialkot, Narowal, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Faisalabad while landslides may cause roads closure at the vulnerable hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat and Kashmir during the forecast period.
Met officials said monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal were penetrating upper/central parts of the country at lower tropospheric levels while a westerly wave was affecting upper/central parts of the country.
Rainfall was recorded at several cities across the country. Sunday’s highest maximum temperature was recorded at Nokkundi and Dalbandin where mercury reached 47°C while in Lahore it was 30°C and minimum was 23.4°C.