{"id":34577,"date":"2024-04-28T15:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=34577"},"modified":"2024-04-28T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T10:14:48","slug":"islamabad-weather-update-heavy-rain-hailstorm-cripples-life-in-twin-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/weather\/islamabad-weather-update-heavy-rain-hailstorm-cripples-life-in-twin-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad weather forecast: Heavy rain, hailstorm cripples life in twin cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ISLAMABAD:<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0A spell of heavy rain added with a hailstorm engulfed Islamabad on Sunday\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">which<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">crippled<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0life for a while as pedestrians sought refuge under\u00a0nearby roofs and motorcyclists stopped under flyovers and underpasses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Forceful hail resulted in roads being covered with a white sheet, and car alarms were triggered in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. However, there are no reports of damage so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dark clouds have gathered in the federal capital since morning, with intermittent drizzling, that suddenly turned into harsh weather in the afternoon with a sudden downpours and hail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-plans-margalla-trail-patrol-for-islamabads-trails\/\">Govt plans Margalla Trail Patrol for Islamabad\u2019s trails<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hailstorm <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Islamabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Islamabad<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> \u2614\ufe0f <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gnNMPhThxL\">pic.twitter.com\/gnNMPhThxL<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\u2014 Adil Nizami (@AdilNizami10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdilNizami10\/status\/1784501506173276544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a nationwide advisory on Friday, cautioning against severe weather conditions expec\u00adted to persist until April 29. NDMA predicted rain, storms, and hail, potentially leading to flash floods and landslides across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHailstorms can damage crops and infrastructure. People should avoid unnecessary travel and crossing rivers and canals. Repair mud houses and ensure water drainage,\u201d the NDMA said, urging citizens to stay away from electric poles and trees in case of lightning. It advised farmers to plan their harvest, especially wheat, according to the weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0A spell of heavy rain added with a hailstorm engulfed Islamabad on Sunday\u00a0which\u00a0crippled\u00a0life for a while as pedestrians sought refuge under\u00a0nearby roofs and motorcyclists stopped under flyovers and underpasses. Forceful hail resulted in roads being covered with a white sheet, and car alarms were triggered in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. However, there are no reports of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14809,43],"tags":[15926,15925,15924,11147],"class_list":["post-34577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-weather","tag-hailstorm-islamabad","tag-islamabad-rain-hailstorm","tag-islamabad-today-weather","tag-islamabad-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}