ISLAMABAD:The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that river Kabul continues to flow in low flood at Warsak-Nowshera reach while all other major rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej run normal.
According to daily FFC report on Sunday, the current combined live storage of the country’s major reservoirs including Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma stood at 8.374 million feet of water (MAF) which is 62.86 per cent of the total 13.321 MAF.
According to Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) Lahore, yesterday’s trough Westerly Wave over Kashmir and adjoining areas has moved away Eastwards and a fresh trough of Westerly Wave lies over northern parts of Afghanistan. Weak moisture from Arabian Sea is penetrating and converging directionally over Southern Punjab and adjoining areas upto 3000 feet, while moisture from Bay of Bengal is still cut off however it is likely to revive from tomorrow.
Seasonal Low is located over Eastern Balochistan and adjoining areas whereas weak monsoon trough axis lies South of the foo
thill of Himalays range.
FFD has forecasted isolated thunderstorm/rain of moderate intensity over Islamabad, Punjab (Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha and Bahawalpur Divisions), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and D I Khan Divisions) and Balochistan (Zhob, Kalat, Nasirabad and Sibbi Division) including upper catchment of all major rivers during the next 24 hours.