{"id":7963,"date":"2025-07-14T16:26:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=7963"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:26:52","slug":"alert-issued-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-amid-heavy-rains-and-potential-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=7963","title":{"rendered":"Alert Issued in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amid Heavy Rains and Potential Flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peshawar:<\/strong> The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a weather alert in <strong>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)<\/strong> due to ongoing heavy rains and the risk of flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to PDMA, the <strong>intense downpours<\/strong> could lead to <strong>flooding in rivers and streams<\/strong>, while <strong>urban flooding<\/strong> is expected in cities and <strong>landslides<\/strong> are possible in upper hilly regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PDMA has warned that <strong>thunderstorms and hailstorms<\/strong> could damage power infrastructure. District administrations have been instructed to <strong>stay alert and take precautionary measures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rain Forecast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rainfall is expected to <strong>continue until July 17<\/strong>, according to the PDMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reported Damages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past <strong>24 hours<\/strong>, <strong>six people have lost their lives<\/strong> and <strong>one person has been injured<\/strong> due to rain-related incidents in KP. Additionally, <strong>three houses have been partially damaged<\/strong> by floods and rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Affected areas include <strong>Khyber, Malakand, Kohat, and Bajaur<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities are urging residents to stay cautious, avoid unnecessary travel in vulnerable areas, and follow safety guidelines issued by local administrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a weather alert in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) due to ongoing heavy rains and the risk of flooding. According to PDMA, the intense downpours could lead to flooding in rivers and streams, while urban flooding is expected in cities and landslides are possible in upper hilly regions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7965,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions\/7965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}