| Heavy downpour lashes Lahore |
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The rain which started at about 12.20 pm continued for about an hour, with the local Met office recording 16.0 mm rain in the city and 11.00 mm rain at the airport.
Various localities in the walled city and other low lying areas including Krishan Nagar, Sandah, Badami Bagh, Anguri Bagh, Walton, Kainchi and Chungi Amar Sadhu were choked with water, while several main roads even in posh localities including Township and Jauhar Town also appeared to be streams.
According to the Met report, the monsoon low over northeastern Madhya Pradesh has weakened and moved northwestwards effecting southeastern Rajasthan, while the monsoon current from Bay of Bengal is reaching Punjab upto 5000 feet.
Scattered thunderstorm with rain has been forecast for Kashmir, northern Punjab and southern Sindh for the next 24 hours. Scattered thunderstorm and rain has also been forecast for lower catchments of rivers Indus, Jhelum and Chenab, and isolated thunderstorm for lower catchments areas of rivers Ravi and Sutlej, for next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, according to Flood Forecasting Division report river Indus is in low flood at Guddu and Sukkur while river Ravi is also in low flood at Balloki.
Water flow at Guddu is steady while it is rising at Sukkur. According to a computerised forecast it is likely to rise from 219,000 cusecs to 230,000 - 290,000 cusecs during the next 24 hours.
River Chitral is in high flood at Chitral while river Kabul is in medium flood at Adezai.
Cities that received rain during the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning are Karachi 67mm, Hyderabad 38 mm, Chattarklass 25 mm, Muzaffarabad 17 mm, Noorpur Thal 15 mm, Nawabshah 7 mm, Palandri 5 mm, Attock and Murree 4 mm each, and Daggar and Kamra 1 mm each.
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