Midweek rain to aggravate flooding across northern India and Pakistan

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist

March 15,2016; 12:11PM,EDT

 

 

After several days of heavy rain across northern Pakistan and India, another storm will renew the threat for flooding in these areas on Wednesday.
Following a short-lived dry spell, several more waves of rain will move into the region through Friday, aggravating existing flooding and heightening the risk for mudslides.

Similar to the past several days, the greatest risk for flooding will be from northern Afghanistan, across northern Pakistan and into Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir in northwestern India.
Through Friday, rainfall will total 50-100 mm (2-4 inches) with isolated amounts surpassing 150 mm (6 inches).

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Showers will linger into the weekend with the risk for flooding and mudslides continuing.
Isolated thunderstorms moving across northern Baluchistan will threaten to cause localized downpours.
Residents should avoid flood-prone areas and are reminded never to drive through floodwaters.
Another pause in the stormy weather is expected early next week; however, the weather pattern through the end of March will bring the threat for additional rainfall to areas from Afghanistan to northern India.
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Though a brief break from the wet weather on Tuesday allowed flood waters to recede in northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India, the storms have already proven deadly.
The National Disaster Management Authority said the preliminary death toll due to the flooding throughout Pakistan is 49 with at least 80 other people needing medical attention.
Daily Pakistan reported that nine people were killed and over 100 houses were damaged in Baluchistan province.
The flooding also caused a coal mine collapse in northwestern Pakistan over the weekend. As of Monday, the National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan confirmed that 10 workers had been killed.
Islamabad received nearly 100 mm (4 inches) of rain from Friday to Sunday. Normal rainfall for the entire month of March is less than 75 mm (3 inches).
Murree, a mountainous area just north of Islamabad, has recorded about 175 mm (7 inches). Banhial, in the Indian state of Kashmir and Jammu, reported around 225 mm (9 inches) of rain through Monday.
AccuWeather Meteorologists Adam Douty and Courtney Spamer contributed content to this story.