Weather

Paris, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): Volunteer firefighters have been called up from their day jobs all over France this summer to help battle wildfires. “It’s the first year we’ve been summoned so much to help outside” our region, said 23-year-old Victorien Pottier. Volunteer firefighters make up […]

Hostens, France, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): A huge fire that has devastated swathes of southwestern France appeared contained on Friday as French and foreign firefighters worked flat out, but blistering temperatures made victory uncertain, local authorities said. The 40-kilometre (25-mile) active fire front in the Gironde […]

TOKYO, Aug 12 (XINHUA/APP):Japan’s weather agency said on Friday that further downpours were expected in the northeastern prefectures of Aomori and Akita. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), rain clouds developed over the two northeastern prefectures overnight into Friday owing to a low-pressure system […]

ISLAMABAD, August 12 (Online): Rain with wind and thundershower is expected in most parts of Balochistan, while at scattered places in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and at isolated places in Kashmir, south Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next twelve hours. Heavy falls are expected in […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (APP): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday said rainwind/thundershower was expected in most parts of the country. According to details, rainwind/thundershower is expected in most parts of Balochistan. The same is expected in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at scattered places, and in […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 5 (APP): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday said the country received unprecedented rainfall during the prevailing monsoon season which was 133% above average. The prevailing abnormal monsoon rainfall pattern has surpassed the past 30-year record of rains in the season, […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (APP): Hot and humid weather are expected in most parts of the country during the next 24 hours. However, more rains with thundershower is likely at isolated places in Kashmir, upper Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and northeast Balochistan. Rainfall was recorded […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (APP):The sporadic prolonged spell of heavy monsoon rains have killed 434 people and 24,420 livestock while 605 individuals got injured and 36,469 houses damaged so far in various parts of the country. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a daily 24-hour […]

KARACHI, Jul 31 (APP): Pakistan Meteorological department on Sunday predicted hot and humid weather in most parts of the Sindh province during the next 24 hours. However, rain-wind and thundershower is likely to occur in Karachi and coastal areas. Mainly, hot and humid weather is […]

Brest, France, July 26 (AFP/APP): Two forest fires that broke out in northwest France last week were caused by arson, prosecutors said Monday, taking to three the total of deliberately started blazes in recent weeks. The two fires in normally wet and blustery northwest Brittany […]