Heavy yet scattered rainfall lashed parts of the city on Saturday, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasting similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours.
Downpours were reported in several areas including Airport, Tajpura, and Nishtar Town. WASA teams remained active throughout the day, clearing stagnant rainwater by evening.
The PMD warned that heavy to very heavy rains could trigger flash floods in local nullahs and streams of Murree, Galliyat, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Kohistan, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi, and the hill torrents of D.G. Khan. Similar threats were highlighted for Musakhel, Barkhan, Khuzdar, Lasbella, and Kalat in Balochistan.
Officials cautioned that windstorms and lightning during the forecast period could disrupt daily life and damage vulnerable structures such as Katcha houses, electric poles, billboards, vehicles, and solar panels. Landslides may also lead to road blockages in hilly regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat, and Kashmir.
They added that moist currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal were penetrating most parts of the country and were expected to intensify in the upper regions by Saturday night. A westerly wave was also likely to affect northern areas.
Widespread rain, wind, and thundershowers—with isolated heavy falls—are forecast in Kashmir, northeast Punjab, the Potohar region, Islamabad, and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Isolated rainfall is also likely in parts of northeast and south Balochistan, central and south Punjab, and southeastern and lower Sindh.
Rainfall was recorded in various cities including Attock, Chakwal, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Khanpur, Noor Pur Thal, Narowal, Kasur, Shaheed Benazirabad, Padidan, Karachi, Dadu, Sakrand, Tando Jam, Mithi, Hyderabad, Badin, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur, Kotli, Muzaffarabad, Kakul, Malam Jabba, Balakot, Pattan, Takht Bhai, Kalat, and Lasbella.
The highest temperature on Saturday was recorded in Chilas, Sibi, Mohenjodaro, Kot Addu, and Jacobabad at 43°C. In Lahore, the maximum temperature was 34°C, but the real feel soared to 42°C.
Moreover, heavy monsoon rains continued to lash various districts of Punjab, in which at least five people lost their lives and 20 others were injured in multiple incidents over the past 24 hours, Rescue 1122 reported on Saturday.
According to Rescue Punjab spokesperson, most of the casualties resulted from roof collapses triggered by persistent downpours across the province. “Our emergency teams have responded to dozens of distress calls involving structural damage, injuries, and electrocution cases caused by severe weather,” the spokesperson said.
