Pre-monsoon period, the Met Office predicted heavy rainfall

ISLAMABAD: The Met Office forecast more rainfall on Monday, after devastating pre-monsoon rainfall that claimed several lives in Punjab yesterday, a private news channel reported.

On Monday (today), rain and thunderstorms are expect in Punjab, Islamabad, the Potohar region of KP, northern and eastern Balochistan, Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan.

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In upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, northeastern Punjab, and the Potohar region, there will likely be heavy rain and hail. Tuesday will see more rain in the forecast.

Lahore received very heavy rainfall with 241mm at Laxmi Chowk, 236mm at Paniwala Talab, 230mm at Qurtaba Chowk, 226mm at Airport, 213mm at Gulshan-e-Ravi, 202mm at Nishtar Town, 178mm at Iqbal Town, 165mm at Tajpura, Jail Road 163mm, city 162mm, Johar Town 155mm, Gulbarg 130mm, Mughalpura 126mm, Chowk Nakhuda 125mm, Samanabad 120mm, Farrukh Abad 115mm and Upper Mall 103mm.

According to Met office, 47mm of rain fell in the city of Sialkot, 71mm at the airport, 66mm at Katchehry, 55mm at Chaklala, 59mm at Bokra, 58mm at Zero Point, 56mm at Golra, and 47mm at Syedpur in Rawalpindi. Mandi Bahauddin (53mm), Narowal (54mm), Gujranwala (44mm), Chakwal (41mm), Murree (39mm), and Attock (30mm) are the other sizes.

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Kashmir: Rawlakot 40mm, Muzaffarabad (City 33mm, Airport 25mm), Kotli 28mm, Garhi Dupatta 21mm.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Mardan 81mm, Bannu 41mm, Balakot 36mm, Kakul 25mm, Peshawar 22mm, Bacha Khan Airport 20mm.

Balochistan: Barkhan 33mm, Khuzdar 20mm, Zhob 18mm, Lasbela and Ormara 02mm rainfall.

Thunderbolts claimed at least 11 lives and injured five others in various parts of Punjab during heavy rainfall on Sunday.

The losses of life reported from Narowal, Sialkot and Sheikhupura districts of Punjab whereas five others injured.