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The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) ( Urdu: محکمہ موسمیات پاکستان, also known as Pakistan Met Office [3] [4] ), is an autonomous and independent institution tasked with providing weather forecasts and public warnings concerning weather for protection, safety and general information. [1]
The other floods which caused destruction in the history of Pakistan, includes the flood of 1950, which killed 2910 people, On 1 July 1977 heavy Rains and flooding in Karachi, killed 248 people, according to Pakistan meteorological department 207 millimetres (8.1 in) of Rain fell in 24 hours.
Pakistan is seeing heavier rain in April due to climate change, said Zaheer Ahmed Babar, a senior official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department. “This month, so far there has been 353% more ...
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted more intermittent rain in all four provinces. The ongoing rains with possible flooding in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were thought to have continued until 22 April. References
The Pakistan Meteorological Department reported that over 200 millimetres (7.9 in) of rain fell over a 24-hour period in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. A record-breaking 274 millimetres (10.8 in) rain fell in Peshawar during 24 hours; the previous record was 187 millimetres (7.4 in) of rain in April 2009.
Pakistan Meteorological Department had forecasted in their Weather Advisory that during the coming period, mercury level may reach −12 °C (10 °F). [23] [24] However at the peak of the severe cold wave the temperature dropped to −9 °C (16 °F) for consecutive four days, from 9 to 12 December 2010. [25]
The record breaking rain fell in just 10 hours. It was the heaviest rainfall in Pakistan during the past 100 years . The following is the Monsoon rainfall in Islamabad since 2006 based on the data from Pakistan Meteorological Department. In 2006, a total of 962 millimetres (37.9 in) rain was recorded.
It is in Karachi, as in operated by the Pakistan Meteorological Department. It monitors different systems that emerge in the Arabian Sea, and issues appropriate advisories, alerts, and warnings. During the last 100 years, a number of cyclonic storms have struck Pakistan's coastal areas. The years involved were 1895, 1902, 1907, 1944, 1948, 1964 ...