ISLAMABAD, May 23 (NNN-APP) – The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said yesterday, the country is likely to face extreme climate events from May to Oct this year.
The country is likely to face intensive heat waves, snow melting, land sliding, flash floods, forest fires and cyclones, the NDMA said, directing provincial bodies of the authority to brace up for meeting the challenges.
The NDMA also directed the provincial bodies to release region-specified alerts and advisories for timely proactive preparations.
The authority also directed the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission and Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), to monitor changes in the glaciers, in the country’s northern areas.
The two offices will closely follow the glacier lake outburst flood sites, and their impact on river flows downstream, in the water reservoirs and issue monitoring reports on a fortnightly basis.
Earlier on Sunday, the NDMA issued an advisory alert to all the federal and provincial departments concerned, to ensure disaster preparedness measures after the PMD made a rain-thunderstorm forecast from now to May 26.– NNN-APP
