The Meteorological Department issued a severe heatwave warning on Thursday, predicting dust storms, thunderstorms, and heavy showers in the country’s northern regions during the next ten days.
The advice cautioned that majority of the country would experience heatwave conditions due to high pressure in the upper atmosphere, with Punjab and Sindh seeing particularly severe heatwave conditions from May 21 to May 27.
In Sindh and Punjab, daytime highs are “likely to remain 4 to 6 degrees centigrade above normal” from May 21 to May 23, and six to eight degrees Celsius from May 23 to May 27.
In Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Balochistan, daytime highs of four to six degrees Celsius are expected between May 21 and May 27.
Adivisory asked that officials keep an eye on things and take necessary precautions considering the heatwave.
