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This would result in inundation and riverine flooding in low-lying areas of Khairpur, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Sukkur, Larkana, Benazirabad, Hyderabad and Naushero Feroze districts.
It said the Indus was flowing in exceptionally high flood with rising trend in Guddu-Sukkur reach and in high flood with falling trend in Chashma- Taunsa reach.
It was flowing in low flood with rising trend at Kotri, but could attain medium or high flood in 24 hours.
The FFC said that Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin districts and adjoining areas along the river faced the risk of inundation and riverine flooding.
On Monday, the Indus was in medium flood with rising trend at Kalabagh and the Kabul river in high flood with falling trend at Nowshera and Warsak.
The Chenab was in medium flood with falling trend at Panjnad and the Jhelum river in low flood with rising trend in Mangla-Rasul reach.
It said the major reservoirs of the country and those in India constructed over eastern rivers—Ravi, Beas and Sutlej—were almost full to capacity. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in the catchment areas of Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej in three to four weeks, which may generate flooding in the rivers.
According to forecast for 24 hours, fairly widespread thunderstorm and heavy rains at isolated places are expected over northern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir, besides upper catchments of Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej, including Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Gujranwala divisions.
Scattered thunderstorm and rains are also expected over the upper catchment of Indus, southern Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, including Lahore, D. G. Khan and Bahawalpur divisions.
AP adds Heavy rain lashed the makeshift camps housing flood survivors on Monday. “Floods seem to be chasing us everywhere,” said 45-year-old Ali Bakhsh Bhayo, as monsoon downpours pounded his tent beside the major highway in Sukkur. “Allah is punishing us for our sins.”
