River Indus in low flood, says conunission
2016-08-01
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Flood Commission (FF C) has said that River Indus continues to flow in low flood at Kalabagh-Chashma reach while Rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej are in normal flow.
According to an FFC report issued here on Sunday, river flows and reservoir elevations indicate that Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs are at elevations of 1,519.3 feet and 1,233.2 feet respectively 30.7 feet and 8.8 feet below their maximum conservation levels of 1,550 feet and 1,242 feet.
The combined live storage capacity of Tarbela, Chashma and Mangla reservoirs is 11.59MAF as compared to the last year`s 13.11MAF.
The report says that rainthunderstorm islikely at isolated places of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad and Kashmir while mainly hot and humid weather will prevail in other parts of the country in the next 24 hours.
Rain is likely in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan,Kohat,Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore and Sargodha divisions, Islamabad and Kashmir.
Light rain is likely along the Sindh-Makran coast.
According to a Met Office official, heat low lies over northeast-Balochistan and its adjoining area.
Weak monsoon currents are penetrating upper and central parts of the country.-APP