Heavy Rainfalls And Pakistan Situation

Monsoon isn’t over yet and here are the things you might need to know about monsoon and the destruction made by the monsoon in a particularly short time. Not only Pakistan but also major cities of the world was affected by this unpredicted rain causing urban flooding.

Type of Rainfall:

Well before we jump into how much destruction is made in Pakistan due to heavy rainfall let’s see how many types of rainfall are there. So, below mentioned are the cause that these three different types of rainfall occur:

1.     Relief Rainfall

The rainfall occurs after the air is blown over the sea and is moved towards the highland. Moreover, as the air is now cooled so the moisture starts turning into a condensed droplet that causes it to rain falls. This type of rainfall is commonly known as Relief Rainfall.

2.     Frontal Rainfall

The next type of rainfall is frontal rainfall when the battle between warm and cold air starts. Here the warm air moves over the cold air and the moisture which is in the warm air condenses causing it to cool down. This process leads to the formation of clouds which afterward turns into rain.

3.     Convectional Rainfall

The areas of the earth where extreme weather is observed like the tropics, in these areas convectional rainfall occurs. In this type of rainfall, the hot air moves up and cools down causing condensed rain. If the weather condition is extremely hot so this air rises fast and can also cause thunderstorms.

Heavy RainFall and Pakistan:

As all of us know that monsoon is not pleasant weather when you are living in Pakistan. You can only enjoy it when it is raining and after that, there comes stagnant water here and there.  

In the last few days, Pakistan witnessed some of the massive rainfalls in decades and this caused flooding in Sindh and Baluchistan causing some major damage.

Recently, it is seen that this flooding caused around 500 deaths in Baluchistan. In this article, we will be telling you how heavy rainfall in Pakistan caused destruction in different provinces and cities of Pakistan.

Loss in Baluchistan:

According to a report, around 300 people or more including women and children were affected in Lasbella, Baluchistan. Due to this heavy rainfall people lost not only their homes but also their loved ones.

People are waiting for rescue in this area, but most people are not aware of these areas of Baluchistan no proper rescue is provided here. Furthermore, no authority can reach these areas and people are running out of fresh food and water.

Abdul Quddus Bizenjo who is also the chief minister of Baluchistan passed orders to rescue the families as soon as possible. Also, he advised providing people with proper food and shelter.

According to the National Disaster Management Authorities, two helicopters are sent to rescue people in Lasbella. The security Forces saved at least 100 people in the previous rescue operations and are in the process of saving more in the areas of Danda and Soukhan.

According to the officials, the people are shifted to secure places like the government building all the necessary items are provided to them.

Traffic Stopped Between Quetta and Karachi Highway:

This heavy rainfall caused a lot of trouble for many people and so was the highway affected between Quetta and Karachi.

The rainfall caused damage to many parts of the highway. Not only these three bridges are also damaged and weren’t even restored after 48 hours.

Things didn’t end here more of the destruction was seen on the Hub River where the bridge collapsed due to a heavy flood.

Officials say that at least 5 places were notified destroyed on the Quetta – Karachi Highway. If we talk of Lasbela and Gawadar so the traffic was also suspended as the flood was passing through the coastal highway.

A report says that 5km of the coastal area was mixed with the Hingol area. The list isn’t ending here there are many more places that were affected and the restoring process for these areas is quite difficult. Authorities are trying to restore the place and rescue as many people as possible, but the task seems difficult due to a lack of resources and other things needed.

The met department of Pakistan also predicted more rainfall in the first two weeks of August in Sindh and Baluchistan which may cause urban flooding in most of the cities.

Future Prediction of Heavy Rainfall:

According to the recent Met press release the monsoon weather is not coming to an end. More rain is expected between the 10^th to 13^th of August, 2022. This weather system will influence:

• It is expected that isolated heavy rainfall following Rain-wind/thunderstorms can be observed in the areas of Kashmir, Islamabad, Northern Punjab, and the upper part of KPK. It is also seen that the eastern Baluchistan and southern areas of Sindh will also have rainfall with some occasional gaps between 6^th to 9^th August 2022.
• The timeline mentioned above may also have some scattered heavy rainfall in Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and different parts of Baluchistan.

Possible Natural Disaster that can be seen in the Upcoming Rainfall:

Here are the possible impacts that this upcoming rainfall can cause in different parts of Pakistan:

• There are chances of urban flooding in Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Peshawar, Nowshera, and other nearby cities from 8^th to 12^th August 2022.
• Flash floods are also expected in different regions of Punjab, KPK, and Gilgit Baltistan.
• Karachi can also witness urban flooding due to heavy rains. Thatta, Badin, Hyderabad, and other cities might get affected due to urban flooding from the 11^th to 13^th of August 2022.
• The rise in the water level of Ravi, Jhelum, and Chenab can also be seen during the heavy rainfall predicted period.
• Travelers and tourists are requested to remain cautious about the weather conditions and it is requested to cancel future traveling plans.