{"id":21291,"date":"2025-05-07T16:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21291"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:32:00","slug":"thunderstorms-hail-expected-across-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/05\/07\/thunderstorms-hail-expected-across-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderstorms, hail expected across Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a nationwide weather advisory predicting strong winds, thunderstorms, rain, and hailstorms starting May 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forecast follows the arrival of a fresh western weather system expected to affect the upper and central parts of the country, with humid winds also moving into the southern and central regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Northern regions &amp; Kashmir<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy rain and hailstorms are expected intermittently from May 7 to 12 in several parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, including Neelum Valley, Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Poonch, Bagh, Kotli, Bhimber, and Mirpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gilgit Baltistan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From May 8 to 12, regions such as Diamer, Astore, Skardu, Gilgit, and Hunza may experience moderate to heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Punjab &amp; Islamabad<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Between May 7 and 11, districts including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Bahawalpur are likely to witness dust storms, thunder, and occasional hail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas such as Chitral, Swat, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, and Dera Ismail Khan may experience unstable weather from May 7 to 12, with the potential for heavy downpours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Balochistan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainfall is expected from May 7 to 10 in regions including Quetta, Zhob, Khuzdar, Musa Khel, and Awaran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sindh<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Districts like Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Umerkot, and Sanghar could experience thunderstorms and strong winds between May 8 and 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a nationwide weather advisory predicting strong winds, thunderstorms,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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