High-level flood warning issued at Indus River

The Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) on Sunday issued a high-level flood warning within the Indus River at Taunsa Barrage and Chashma Barrage, situated in Punjab.

In line with Categorical Information, the water ranges in rivers and dams throughout the nation are reaching a harmful rise with the Kabul River experiencing a excessive flood as properly.

The FFD additional issued directives for the inhabitants to evacuate the realm and transfer to safer areas.

In the meantime, the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) too has issued a warning of a excessive degree of flood within the Indus River at Taunsa Barrage and Sukkur Barrage.

As per IRSA, the influx of water at Taunsa Barrage is 515,000 cusecs whereas on the Sukkur Barrage, it’s 562,000 cusecs.

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In an announcement issued, IRSA stated that there’s a medium degree of flood at Chashma Barrage the place the stream of water is 461,000 cusecs, whereas at Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkwa, it’s at 305,000 cusecs.

It was additional reported that the influx of water at Tarbela within the Indus River is 311,000 cusecs, at Mangla Dam in Jhelum it’s 53,000 cusecs and at Kala Bagh, it’s 425,000 cusecs.

Furthermore, at Marala within the Chenab River, the stream is 66,000 cusecs, at Guddu Barrage, it’s 485,000 cusecs and at Kotri Barrage, it’s 334,000.

The assertion furthered that since April 1, virtually 13.8 million acre-feet of water has been diverted to the ocean as the entire water storage within the dams is 9.2 million acre-feet.