Weather

MANSEHRA, Jun 05 (APP):Raging weather on Sunday once again blown off corrugated irons sheet rooftops, uprooted trees, billboards and electricity pools in many areas of district Mansehra. Fallen trees, electricity polls and billboards also blocked some of the roads in Shankiyari and surrounding villages. Several […]

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 03 (Online): Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while very hot in south Punjab and upper Sindh during the next twelve hours. However, rain-wind and thunderstorm is expected at a few places in Gilgit Baltistan […]

Recife, Brazil, June 2 (AFP/APP): While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days. “We have children; we have all our things […]

BEIJING, Jun 1 (XINHUA/APP): Beijing has intensified its flood control efforts as the city entered this year’s flood season Wednesday, authorities told a press conference. From June to August, the precipitation in Beijing is forecast to be 450 mm to 530 mm, 20 to 40 […]

Recife, Brazil, May 31 (AFP/APP):Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rain have now killed at least 100 people in northeastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday as emergency workers searched for bodies and survivors. The force of the landslides ripped apart houses in neighborhoods including Jardim Monteverde, […]

Recife, Brazil, May 30 (AFP/APP): Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 79 people dead and dozens missing, civil defense officials said Sunday, as rescuers capitalized on a lull in downpours to search for survivors. “As of 6:00 pm (2100 GMT) this Sunday, […]

PESHAWAR, May 30 (APP):The Regional Meteorological Center, Peshawar on Monday predicted mainly hot and partly cloudy weather, expected in most parts of the province during the next 24 hours. However, it said rain and thunderstorm associated with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in […]

QUETTA, May 24 (APP): The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in most parts of Balochistan during the next 24 hours. According to the Met Office, the minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 14.5 degrees centigrade and 5.0 degrees centigrade in Ziarat […]

PESHAWAR, May 21 (APP): The Regional Meteorological Center, Peshawar on Saturday forecast hot and partly cloudy weather in most parts of the province for the next 24 hours. However, it said rain-thunderstorm with dust storm and gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Abbottabad, […]

Berlin, May 20 (AFP/APP): More than 30 people were injured, including 10 seriously, on Friday in a “tornado” which hit the western German city of Paderborn, a police spokesman told AFP. The tornado also caused significant damage in the city in the North Rhine-Westphalia state, […]