All Main Rivers Flowing Normal; No Flood Situation: FFC
Fakhir Rizvi Published September 05, 2018 | 08:31 PM
The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) on Wednesday has reported no flood situation in the country as all main rivers are flowing normal including Rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej.
ISLAMABAD (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Sep, 2018 ) :The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) on Wednesday has reported no flood situation in the country as 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 64.40 feet below its MCL of 1242 feet which is 1177.60 feet.
Present combined live storage of three reservoirs which is 9.260 MAF (67.69 per cent of the total storage capacity of 13.681 MAF).
According to Flood Forecasting Division (FFD), a fresh Monsoon Low has developed over Northern Bay of Bengal (India) besides a fresh trough of Westerly Wave from the Mediterranean Sea lies over Northwestern Afghanistan.
The report further claims that as Arabian Sea Seasonal Low which is persisting over Northern Balochistan is bringing weak moist currents into the upper parts of Pakistan upto 3000 feet.
For the next 24 hours, isolated thunderstorm or rain over Rawalpindi and Gujranwala Divisions of Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir have been predicted by FFD. 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 48 hours", the reportsaid.
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