PMD predicts rain with dust thunderstorm in coming days

Weather is likely to remain unstable in Pakistan during Friday to Tuesday, producing rain with dust-thunderstorm at scattered places of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and AJK and at a few places of Sindh and north east Balochistan.

According to the press release by the met department of Pakistan,

• Dust-thunderstorm with rain is expected at scattered places and with intervals in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Punjab (Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Attock, Mianwali, Sargodha, Bhakkar, Layyah, Khushab, M.B.Din, Hafizabad, Gujaranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Narowal, Shiekupura, Lahore, Kasur, Faisalabad, Jhang, T.T.Singh, Sahiwal, Okara), Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from Thursday (night) to Monday/Tuesday.
• Dust-thunderstorm with rain is also expected in Quetta, Zhob, Harnai, Barkhan, Dera Bugti, D.G.Khan, Rajanpur, Multan, Khanewal, R.Y.khan, Bahwalnagar, Bahawalpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Jaccobabad, Shaheed Banazirabad during Friday and Saturday.
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• Dust-thunderstorm with rain is also expected in Mirpurkhas, Badin and Hyderabad on Monday.

Cyclone Amphan killed at least 72, left several homeless in India & Bangladesh

At least 88 people have died and thousands have left homeless as cyclonic storm Amphan hit the coastal towns and cities in India and Bangladesh. Rescue teams struggled to work at coastal villages that had been affected by torn down power lines and flooding over large tracts of land.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Indian state of East Bengal said on Thursday that at least 72 people had died. Most of them have died due to electrocution or by trees fallen by the winds. Winds blew with a speed of 185km per hour. However, at least 16 people have died in Bangladesh.