{"id":105790,"date":"2026-06-11T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105790"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:20:39","slug":"pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html","title":{"rendered":"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds, hailstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a weather alert forecasting dust storms, gusty winds, rain and thunderstorms across large parts of the country from June 11 to 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the PMD, a westerly weather system is expected to enter the upper parts of the country on June 11 and is likely to persist until June 13. During the same period, moist currents from the Arabian Sea are also expected to affect upper and central regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Met Office said intermittent dust storms, strong winds and rain-thundershowers are likely in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan. Isolated heavy downpours and hailstorms may also occur in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/5-yr-climate-resilient-flood-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM approves 5-yr climate-resilient flood strategy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rain and thunderstorms are also expected in northeastern Balochistan, while upper Sindh is likely to experience dust storms and strong winds during the forecast period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PMD warned that severe winds, lightning and hailstorms could damage vulnerable structures, including solar panels, electricity poles and billboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Faisalabad. It also warned of possible landslides in mountainous regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department advised farmers to take precautionary measures to protect crops and urged citizens, tourists and travellers to avoid unnecessary movement during the forecast period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a weather alert forecasting dust storms, gusty winds, rain and thunderstorms across large parts of the country from June 11 to 13. According to the PMD, a westerly weather system is expected to enter the upper parts of the country on June 11 and is likely to persist until June 13. During the same period, moist currents from the Arabian Sea are also expected to affect upper and central regions. The Met Office said intermittent dust storms, strong winds and rain-thundershowers are likely in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan. Isolated heavy downpours and hailstorms may also occur in some areas. Read: PM approves 5-yr climate-resilient flood strategy Rain and thunderstorms are also expected in northeastern Balochistan, while upper Sindh is likely to experience dust storms and strong winds during the forecast period. The PMD warned that severe winds, lightning and hailstorms could damage vulnerable structures, including solar panels, electricity poles and billboards. It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Faisalabad. It also warned of possible landslides in mountainous regions of Gilgit-Baltistan,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":103072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[74016,74014,74013,58472,72098,59716,74011,67329,74015,63482,64865,5764,70667,70670,74010,71908,31608,67346,69969,74012],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-105790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-notices-announcements","tag-azad-kashmir-weather","tag-balochistan-weather","tag-dust-storms","tag-gilgit-baltistan-weather","tag-hailstorms","tag-islamabad-weather","tag-kpk-weather","tag-landslides","tag-monsoon-system","tag-pakistan-meteorological-department","tag-pakistan-weather","tag-pmd","tag-punjab-weather","tag-rain-forecast","tag-strong-winds","tag-thunderstorms","tag-urban-flooding","tag-weather-advisory","tag-weather-alert","tag-weather-warning","cat-15017-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-11T13:20:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-11T13:20:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PMD.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds - Zameen News","description":"It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds - Zameen News","og_description":"It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2026-06-11T13:20:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-11T13:20:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PMD.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Samra Zulfiqar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samra Zulfiqar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html"},"author":{"name":"Samra Zulfiqar","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3a8cc23079c627774ff19f42da24f1d"},"headline":"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds, hailstorms","datePublished":"2026-06-11T13:20:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-11T13:20:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html"},"wordCount":235,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PMD.png","keywords":["Azad Kashmir Weather","Balochistan Weather","Dust Storms","gilgit baltistan weather","hailstorms","islamabad weather","KPK Weather","landslides","Monsoon System","Pakistan Meteorological Department","Pakistan weather","PMD","Punjab weather","rain forecast","Strong Winds","thunderstorms","urban flooding","weather advisory","Weather Alert","Weather Warning"],"articleSection":["Notices &amp; Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html","name":"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PMD.png","datePublished":"2026-06-11T13:20:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-11T13:20:39+00:00","description":"It further cautioned that heavy rainfall may trigger urban flooding in low-lying areas of major cities including Islamabad...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PMD.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PMD.png","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pmd-issues-weather-alert-for-rain-strong-winds.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PMD issues weather alert for rain, strong winds, hailstorms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3a8cc23079c627774ff19f42da24f1d","name":"Samra Zulfiqar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","caption":"Samra Zulfiqar"},"description":"Samra Zulfiqar, a real estate analyst at Zameen.com, is passionate about finding projects that offer buyers the best returns. Her keen insights spotlight the market\u2019s most promising opportunities.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/samra"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105791,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105790\/revisions\/105791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105790"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=105790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}