LAHORE: A well-marked low pressure system in India sent out very strong moisture currents which generated widespread rain in lower Sindh, scattered areas of Punjab and upper parts of the country on Wednesday.

Heavy monsoon rain inundated India’s financial capital Mumbai, as the system brought major flooding to that coastal city.

Under the influence of the same system, Lahore received heavy rain early in the afternoon while intermittent drizzle continued in different parts of the country throughout the day.

The low-pressure system was moving westwards from south-east areas in India’s Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas of central Gujarat.

The Met Department forecast widespread rain and thunderstorm accompanied by gusty winds, with isolated heavy to very heavy falls, in lower Sindh — Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad and Karachi division— for Thursday.

In Punjab, Jhang recorded 79mm of rain, Dera Ghazi Khan 32mm, Multan 27mm, Lahore (Airport 20mm, City 3mm), Islamabad (Golra 18mm, Saidpur 2mm), Toba Tek Singh 18mm, Kasur 13mm, Sargodha and Bahawalnagar 12mm, Joharabad 7mm, Mandi Bahauddin 6mm, Shorkot 5mm, Faisalabad and Khanpur 3mm, Mangla and Sahiwal 2mm, Gujranwala, Noorpurthal, Sialkot, Gujrat and Jhelum 1mm, Kakul 51mm, Cherat 7mm and Balakot 3mm.

In Sindh, Mithi received 34mm of rainfall, Chachro 32mm, Nagarparker 30mm, Hyderabad 12mm, Badin 11mm, Karachi (Saddar 9mm, Masroor 4mm, University Road 1mm), Thatta 9mm, Chhor 6mm, Islamkot 5mm, Mirpur­khas 3mm, Diplo and Kaloi 2mm.

Rain and thunderstorm are expected to lash scattered places in Sindh (Sukkur, Larkana and Shaheed Benazir-abad, etc) and Punjab (Lahore, Gujran­wala, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawal­pur and Dera Ghazi Khan, etc), besides parts of Balochistan and upper parts of the country — Hazara, Pesha­war, Malakand and Sargodha divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2017

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