Pakistan under severe threat of Super floods in 2019
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ISLAMABAD:Pakistan under severe threat of Super floods in 2019
Pakistan is again under threat of flood because of heavy snowfall and fast climate changes and if the country faced high temperatures during the summer like in 2015, they could have devastating effects.
“The provinces will have to remain vigilant to cope with any such situation,” Federal Flood Commission Chairman Ahmed Kamal told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Tuesday.
The committee meeting, chaired by MNA Nawab Yousuf Talpur, was briefed on the flood control plans of the federal and provincial governments. During the meeting, Talpur asked Kamal what actions they had so far taken for coping with possible floods this year.
“We always ensure safety of infrastructure and constantly remain in contact with the provincial irrigation and meteorological departments.
There has been heavy snowfall this year and the provincial departments would have to remain vigilant in case temperatures rose like in 2015-16,” he said.
He said the Met office would forecast about monsoon in May. As a matter of routine, the meeting of all provincial departments regarding flood is called in June. But this year due to heavy snowfall and possible threat of floods, we have held this meeting in March, he added.