The Flood Forecasting Division on Sunday issued a high-level flood warning in the Indus River at Taunsa Barrage and Chashma Barrage, located in Punjab.

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According to News, the water levels in rivers and dams across the country area unit reaching a dangerous rise with the national capital stream experiencing a high flood moreover. The FFD additional issued directives for the inhabitants to evacuate the world and move to safer regions. Meanwhile, the Indus System Authority (IRSA) too has issued a warning of a high level of come the Indus at Taunsa Barrage and Sukkur Barrage. As per IRSA, the influx of water at Taunsa Barrage is 515,000 cusecs whereas at the Sukkur Barrage, it is 562,000 cusecs. In a statement issued, IRSA aforementioned that there's a medium level of flood at Chashma Barrage wherever the flow of water is 461,000 cusecs, whereas at Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkwa, it's at 305,000 cusecs. It was additional according that the influx of water at Tarbela within the Indus is 311,000 cusecs, at Mangla Dam in Jhelum it's fifty three,000 cusecs and at Kala Bagh, it is 425,000 cusecs. Moreover, at Marala within the Chenab stream, the flow is sixty six,000 cusecs, at Guddu Barrage, it is 485,000 cusecs and at Kotri Barrage, it is 334,000. The statement furthered that since Gregorian calendar month one, almost 13.8 million acre-feet of water has been entertained to the ocean because the total water storage within the dams is nine.2 million acre-feet.