All Main Rivers Flowing Normal: FFC

The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) on Thursday has reported all main rivers are flowing normal including Rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Sep, 2018 ) :The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) on Thursday has reported all main rivers are flowing normal including Rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej.

According to daily FFC report, actual river flows and reservoir elevations indicate that Tarbela Dam is maintaining its Maximum Conservation Level (MCL) of 1550 feet and Mangla reservoir at 64.25 feet below its MCL of 1242 feet which is 1177.75 feet.

Present combined live storage of three reservoirs which is 9.255 million acre feet (MAF) (67.65 per cent of the total storage capacity of 13.681 MAF).

According to Flood Forecasting Division (FFD), Wednesday's Monsoon Low over Northern Bay of Bengal (India) has intensified into Well Marked Low and today lies over Northwestern Bay of Bengal (India).

The report further claims that Seasonal Low continues to prevail over Northern Balochistan and weak moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating into the upper parts of Pakistan upto 3000 feet.

For the next 24 hours, Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) Lahore has forecast scattered thunderstorm or rain over the upper catchments of all major rivers besides over Rawalpindi and Gujranwala Divisions of Punjab and Hazara Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rain at few places may also occur over Lahore Division during the same period.

"No significant change is expected in existing weather system during next 48hours", the report said.