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PDMA issues alert regarding flash flooding in southern PunjabBreaking

August 19, 2024

Provincial Disaster Management Authority Punjab has viewed that due to heavy rains during next twenty four hours, there is a risk of flash flooding in the southern Punjab region, including Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, and Bahawalpur divisions. The PDMA Punjab spokesperson said due to rainfall in the Koh-e-Suleman range, there is a flood situation in the hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur. Medium-level flood waves are passing through the Rajanpur Kaha, Chachar, Patok and Zangi hill torrents. He informed that a high-level flood wave is passing through the Kala Bagh hill torrent in Rajanpur. The DG PDMA said a high-level flood wave is also passing through the Sakhi Sarwar hill torrent in Dera Ghazi Khan. He said the PDMA and the local administration are on alert due to the flood situation in the hill torrents.

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