The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday predicted "severe heatwave conditions" in most parts of the country from Sunday. "High pressure is likely to grip the upper atmosphere from Sunday. Due to this high pressure day temperatures are likely to increase gradually in most parts of the country from Sunday. (May 8)," the weatherman wrote on its official Twitter handle. According to the Met Office, due to the high pressure, day temperatures are likely to increase gradually from 6°C to 9°C above normal in most parts of the country. Severe Heat wave conditions predicted during the next week High pressure is likely to grip upper atmosphere from Sunday. Due to this high pressure day temperatures are likely to increase gradually in most parts of the country from Sunday. (From 8 May 2022)#heatwave #summer pic.twitter.com/3DpGvLF2gD — Pak Met Department محکمہ موسمیات (@pmdgov) May 6, 2022 The Met Office has advised the general public to avoid unnecessary exposure to direct sunlight. About the possible impacts of the prevailing heatwave, it said that the prevailing very hot and dry may cause water stress on water reservoirs, standing crops, vegetables and orchards. Read Pakistan, India reel under intense heat wave "The farmers must manage crop water accordingly. The general public should avoid unnecessary exposure to direct sunlight. Judicious use of water is requested in all aspects of life," it further said. Earlier, Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman called upon home departments, provincial disaster management authorities and provincial teams of the PMD to take precautionary actions to manage the intense heatwave, which touched highs of 47 degrees Celsius in parts of the country. She also said, "The Ministry of Climate Change has issued an official warning in an advisory note addressed to the concerned organisations, with particular attention drawn towards the possible occurrence of glacial lake outburst floods and flash-floods in the K-P and G-B regions. "South Asia, particularly India and Pakistan are faced with what has been a record-breaking heatwave. It started in early April and continues to leave the people gasping in whatever shade they find," Rehman said in a statement. Temperatures were predicted to rise by 6 to 8 degrees Celsius above average temperatures after the hottest March on record since 1961, she said. More than a billion people are at risk of heat-related impacts in the region, scientists have warned, linking the early onset of an intense summer to climate change. For the first time in decades, Pakistan had gone from winter to summer without the spring season, Rehman said. The government has also told provincial disaster management authorities to prepare urgently for the risk of flash-flooding in northern mountainous provinces due to rapid glacial melting, Sherry said. Glaciers in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karkoram mountain ranges have melted rapidly, creating thousand of glacial lakes in northern Pakistan, around 30 of which were at risk of sudden hazardous flooding, the climate change ministry said, adding around 7 million people were vulnerable. The increased demand for power from rising temperatures combined with fuel shortages and infrastructure issues put pressure on Pakistan's electricity system, leading to regular power cuts, known as load shedding.
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