PDMA issues fresh alerts in K-P
A bus is engulfed on a flooded road in Kuwait City following torrential rain. PHOTO: AFP
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Saturday issued an alert on fresh spell of rains in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from Tuesday to Thursday and asked district administrations of the province to adopt measures to prevent fatal incidents.
A circular issued by the PMDA’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centre to deputy commissioners of all districts revealed and informed that another intense Westerly weather system in the wake of the current weather system is likely to enter the Western and upper parts of the province. Rain with snowfall over the hills (light to moderate falls) is expected in Chitral, Dir, Kalam, Swat, Malakand, Kohistan, Shangla, Buner, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Peshawar, Charsadda, Bajaur, Kurram, Waziristan, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank and DI Khan from Tuesday to Thursday (morning).
Published in The Express Tribune, January 16th, 2022.