Rivers Indus, Kabul Run In Low Flood: FFC

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Jul, 2018 ) :The Federal Flood Commission has said that Rivers Indus at Kalabagh and Kabul in ''Warsak- Nowshera Reach'' are flowing in low flood while other main rivers including Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej are normal.

According to daily FFC report on Sunday, the actual river flows and reservoir elevations indicates that Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs are at elevations of 1511.59 feet and 1147.60 feet respectively i.e. 38.41 feet & 94.40 feet below their respective maximum conservation levels of 1550.00 feet and 1242.00 feet.

The combined live storage capacity of Tarbela, Chashma & Mangla reservoirs is 5.788 MAF (42.31 % as compared to the existing combined live storage capacity of 13.681 MAF).

According to FFD, Lahore, yesterday's trough of Westerly wave over Northern parts of the country lies over Kashmir and adjoining areas.

Weak seasonal low lies over Northern Balochistan. Moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating into upper parts of the country upto 3000 feet.

FFD, Lahore has predicted isolated thunderstorm/rain with moderate falls at one or two places over the upper catchments of all main Rivers including Punjab ( Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore & D.G. Khan Divisions) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar, Malakand, Hazara, Kohat, D.I. Khan & Bannu Divisions), besides, Northeastern Balochistan during the next 24 hours.

Hill Torrents of D.G. KhanDivision may generate flows of low to medium flood level during the sameperiod.