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Rescuers scour the swollen Swat River in search of bodies of missing people after a devastating downpour caused flash flooding in the region. Photo: NNI
ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a comprehensive weather forecast and warnings as a major weather system will bring widespread rain, thunderstorms and heavy snowfall across the country from January 22 to 23.
According to the forecast, the weather system will affect several provinces including KP, Kashmir, Britain, Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.
The department has particularly emphasized the risk of flash flooding in local streams and nullahs in upper KP, GB and Kashmir, along with the possibility of landslides and avalanches in hilly areas during this period.
