PESHAWAR: The initial rain of the winter season was scattered in different areas of Peshawar today. It was a kind of necessity for the city’s inhabitants, the rain is expected to help limit the spread of diseases that occur with the change of seasons like flu, fever, and cough, being the ones most common during cold weather.
According to medical experts, the precipitation will lower the chances of respiratory infections and will also make the air purer as the city’s pollution will be washed out. The local people showed their support and relief by the rain and thus they called it a perfect treatment both for health problems and for the smog that usually envelops the city.
The government is advising the public to be careful and to observe safety measures during the rainy season.
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Snowfall begins in upper areas of KP, intensifying cold weather
Earlier, snowfall has begun in the mountainous regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, causing a significant drop in temperatures and intensifying the cold spell across the area.
In the upper parts of the Kurram district, snowfall has already started, with snowflakes also falling in Koh-e-Safed and nearby high-altitude areas. Meanwhile, light rain continues in the plains and urban centers. As a result of the rainfall in the plains and snowfall in the mountains, extremely cold weather conditions have settled in Parachinar and the surrounding areas.
The Meteorological Department has forecast cold and cloudy weather for most districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rain is expected in Chitral, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Buner, Kohistan, Battagram, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi, Kohat, Kurram, Bannu, Karak, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, and Waziristan, with snowfall likely in the upper regions.
Given these conditions, the Meteorological Department and district administrations have advised citizens to exercise caution while traveling to mountainous areas, avoid unnecessary trips, and take precautionary measures due to the prevailing weather conditions.
According to the MET office, the temperature recorded in Chitral is 3 °C, 6 °C in Malam Jaba, 9 °C in Peshawar, 10 °C in Bannu, and 4 °C in Abbottabad.
