{"id":1195,"date":"2026-06-15T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:08:30","slug":"new-spell-of-rains-in-punjab-thunderstorms-and-hailstorms-forecast-until-june-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"New spell of rains in Punjab; thunderstorms and hailstorms forecast until June 20."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert across the province, warning of rain, strong winds, and possible hailstorms from June 16 to June 20. According to officials, weather conditions are expected to remain unstable in most districts of Punjab during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PDMA forecasts rainfall in several cities, including Rawalpindi, Murree, Galiyat, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, and Wazirabad. Rain is also expected in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Narowal, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Pakpattan, Nankana Sahib, and Chiniot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department has further predicted rainfall in Faisalabad, Okara, Kasur, Khushab, Sargodha, Bhakkar, Layyah, Mianwali, Bahawalpur Division, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, and Kot Addu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PDMA has warned of a risk of urban flooding in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Lahore, and Faisalabad. District administrations and relevant departments have been directed to remain on high alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PDMA Director General Irfan Ali Kathia has advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel in open areas during thunderstorms, strong winds, lightning, and dust storms, and to stay in safe locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert across the province, warning of rain, strong winds, and possible hailstorms from June 16 to June 20. According to officials, weather conditions are expected to remain unstable in most districts of Punjab during this period. PDMA forecasts rainfall in several cities, including Rawalpindi, Murree, Galiyat, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1197,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}