Rain returns following deadly flooding in northern Pakistan, India

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist

March 16,2016; 10:40PM,EDT

 

 

After several days of heavy rain produced deadly flooding across northern Pakistan and India, a series of new storms will threaten to exacerbate conditions this weekend.
A series of storms will ignite daily downpours which will aggravate existing flooding and heighten the risk for mudslides.

The greatest risk for flooding will again be from northern Afghanistan, across northern Pakistan and into Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir in northwestern India.
Areas that are at risk for flooding include Mazari Sharif, Kabul, Peshawar, Islamabad and Srinagar.
Through Saturday, rainfall will total 25-75 mm (1-3 inches) with isolated amounts surpassing 150 mm (6 inches).

Heavy rainfall triggers mudslides near Fujairah; thunderstorms impacted U.A.E.

Showers will linger into Sunday; however, the threat for additional flooding and mudslides will decrease.
Isolated thunderstorms moving across northern Baluchistan through Saturday will threaten to cause localized downpours, though the rainfall is forecast to be less than what caused last week's flooding.
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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The National Disaster Management Authority said the preliminary death toll due to the initial 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 around 135 mm (5.3 inches) of rain from Friday to Tuesday. 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 200 mm (8 inches). Banhial, in the Indian state of Kashmir and Jammu, reported around 300 mm (12 inches) of rain through Tuesday.
AccuWeather Meteorologists Adam Douty and Courtney Spamer contributed content to this story.