Torrential Rains, Floods Cause One Death, 20 Houses Damaged

National Disaster Management Authority's (NDMA) daily monsoon situation report has stated one death, 20 houses damaged due to heavy, dusty rains and floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

ISLAMABAD,(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Aug, 2018 ) :National Disaster Management Authority's (NDMA) daily monsoon situation report has stated one death, 20 houses damaged due to heavy, dusty rains and floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

The report on Thursday depicted the significant events occurred during last 24 hours. It said on August 8, due to heavy rains following incidents were reported in KP where two houses fully damaged at District Buner, one death and one house fully damaged at Tehsil Makhuzi, District Shangla, 1 house fully damaged at Tehsil Alpuri, District Shangla, 41house fully damaged at Tehsil Lahor, District Swabi, eight incidents of wall collapse of houses and 1 wall collapse of masjid in District Swabi were reported.

In AJK, due to torrential rains on August 8, one cattle shed damaged in District Sudhnoti while in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) on August 8, flash flooding was reported in Kurid Nullah in UC Gulapur, District Shigar as three houses were evacuated and shifted to safer places.

The condition of roads and railway routes across the country were reported as the following roads on August 8, Timergara�Chakdara Road at Kalash Bazar was blocked due to riverine overflow now cleared for general traffic.

The following roads are in GB were blocked on August 8 due to mud flow and landslides, Karakoram Highway (KKH) was blocked at different locations in District Gilgit, Hunza and Chilas area.

Work is in progress to clear the road by FWO and District Administrations. The Shimshal Valley Road at Phurjrik and Road to Batswat village, Tehsil Ishkoman, District Ghizer work is in progress to restore the roads by district administration.

All other roads and railway routes across the country are clear, the report said.

Significant rainfall reported during last 24 hours was reported as Palandri 41 mm, Garhidupatta 39 mm and Besham 38 mm.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast for next 24 hours predicts, "Scattered thunderstorm / rain with moderate falls at isolated places are expected over the upper catchments of all the major Rivers alongwith Peshawar, D.I.Khan, Hazara, Malakand, Kohat, Bannu, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Multan, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur & D.G. Khan Divisions, Kashmir, East Balochistan and South Sindh".

The report further said scattered thunderstorm rain from 11 August with heavy falls at isolated places and very heavy falls at one or two are expected over the upper catchments of Rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej along with Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions and Kashmir.

The catchments forecast predicts scattered thunderstorm and rain with heavy falls at isolated places and very heavy falls at one or two are expected over the upper Catchments of Rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej.