Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera face fresh threat

The latest spell of Saturday rains adds to the worries of already suffering masses of flood-hit areas wherein with suspension of relief activities people in Charsadda, Peshawar and Nowshera were asked to evacuate the villages banking river Kabul as the swelling waters pose eminent threat for the suburban population of these districts.
The district administration of Charsadda, Peshawar and Nowshera while declaring emergency in the areas have asked the population living nearby the Kabul River to vacate the villages without any further delay.
With the prediction of further downpours in the region by Peshawar Met office, the Flood Warning Cell recorded the river Kabul in high floods wherein the outflow of water remained at 1,23,400 cusecs.
The river Panjgora in District Dir was recorded with outflow of 22,593 cusecs with high level of flood while the Indus at Khairabad also remained in high flood with outflow of 5,35,100 cusecs. The Swat at Amandara was flowing with low level of flood.
The Saturday rains seeing the continuation from Friday evening also raised the level of Warsak water dam which frings Peshawar suburban areas. According to the officials, the outflow of water reached 78,000 cusecs from the water dam as the upper areas including the region adjacent to Afghanistan was constantly receiving heavy shower. Six of the spillways of the Warsak dam had to be opened to allow for increasing level of water while three of the spell ways of the dam are under construction. The officials informed that Warsak dam had the capacity of allowing outflow of about 504,000 cusecs.
According to the officials in meteorological department-Peshawar with the prediction of more rains in the region, 8 millimeter rain was recorded in Peshawar during the last 24 hours while in District Dir 36 mm, Saidu Sharif 48 mm, Balakot 23 mm, Chirat 28 mm, Abbottabad 25 mm, Timergara and DI Khan 14 mm each, Bannu 35 mm and Parachinar received a down pour of 12 mm during the last twenty-four hours.
The spell of fresh rains in the Southern part of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa brought further disaster to the region, particularly to the farther Frontier Region of district Lakki Marwat wherein about 25 more houses caved in on Saturday. People of the area were also short of edibles.
District Kohat received heavy downpour and resultant gushing of rainy drains caused 11 more casualties including caving in of a roof of a house in Jaji locality that rendered 3 person dead and one other injured. The torrential rains also swept away three of the linking bridges in the area as well and the administration declared emergency in the district.