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The Independent
4 days ago
- Climate
- The Independent
Glacial floods alert issued for northwest Pakistan with more heavy rain forecast
Pakistan on Saturday warned of glacial flooding in the northwest with more rain forecast for the area in the coming week. Downpours are heavier in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province than the same period last year, prompting weather advisories and alerts for flooding from glacial lake outbursts, said Anwar Shahzad, a spokesperson for the local disaster management authority. A letter from the authority sent out mid-July said 'persistent high temperatures may accelerate snow and glacier melt and subsequent weather events' in vulnerable parts of the region. Dr. Abdul Samad, from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Department, said rescue teams evacuated more than 500 holidaymakers from Naran after a cloudburst overnight Friday caused a road closure. Authorities deployed heavy machinery to remove debris and restore access. In the neighboring Gilgit-Baltistan region, the government said it had distributed hundreds of tents, thousands of food packets, and medicine to flood-affected communities. Spokesperson Faizullah Firaq said Saturday there was 'severe destruction' in some areas and damage to houses, infrastructure, crops, and businesses. Search operations were underway to find missing people on the Babusar Highway, where flooding struck nine villages. Helicopters rescued tourists stuck in the popular spot of Fairy Meadows, he added. Pakistan has received above-average rainfall this monsoon season, raising concerns of a repeat of the devastating 2022 floods that submerged a third of the country and killed 1,737 people. Some 260 have died across Pakistan so far this season, which runs through to mid-September. Pakistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, but one of the lowest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
Irish Times
15-07-2025
- Climate
- Irish Times
St Swithin's Day: It's raining today - will it rain for the next 40 days?
St Swithin's Day will be cool and wet which does not auger well for the rest of the summer, according to the old proverb. On July 15th, which is the feast day for the saint, 'if thou dost rain for forty days it will remain. St Swithin's day if thou be fair, for forty days 'twill rain nae mair'. Low pressure systems, which remained away last week during the hot weather, are now in charge and it will feel much fresher this week. It will be generally cloudy and a wet start with outbreaks of rain and a few thundery downpours possible. There will be a wet start everywhere, but it will dry up later in the day. The pattern remains the same for the rest of the week. Met Éireann's forecast only extends to five days not 40. Wednesday will be wet across southern and southwestern areas, but dry elsewhere. Thursday will be cloudy and damp, but also muggy. The unsettled weather will extend into the weekend with Friday and Saturday having a mixture of rain and scattered showers. Sunday looks like being the brightest day in the current spell.
Khaleej Times
04-06-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
Eid Al Adha: Rainfall expected in parts of UAE over long weekend
Residents in the UAE are preparing to usher in Eid Al Adha, and the question on everyone's mind is whether it will rain over the weekend. The country is experiencing hot and humid conditions before the summer solstice on June 21. And residents are hoping for a brief respite from the sweltering heat. holiday weekend. The Eid Al Adha break is from Thursday, June 5 to Sunday, June 8 and the UAE's weather department — the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) — has forecast for rain on June 6, 7 and 8. June 6 The NCM said there it will be fair to partly cloudy and low clouds will appear northward and eastward with a probability of light rainfall on Friday, June 6. June 7 There is rainfall predicted on Saturday, June 7 with the met department saying that it will be fair to cloudy at times, with a chance of some convective cloud formation associated with rainfall eastward and northward. June 8 Sunday, June 8, will could also see some rainfall across the country with the NCM saying there is a chance of some convective cloud formation associated with rainfall eastward and northward.
