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Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 with above average rainfall

Pakistan has recorded its wettest April since 1961, with more than double the usual rainfall for the month, the national weather centre said. The country experienced days of extreme weather in April that killed scores of people and destroyed property and farmland. Experts said Pakistan witnessed heavier rains because of climate change. Last month’s rainfall […]

Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 with above average rainfall

Youngsters wade through a flooded street caused by heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightening and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country’s southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any […]

This is the wettest April in six years

Weather for the second half of April may be warmer with more rain forecast, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. Its eight- to 14-day outlook for April 24-30, updated April 16, is calling for a 65 percent chance of above normal temperatures and a 25 percent chance of above normal precipitation. Rainfall […]

2023 was one of hottest and wettest years in Northern Ireland

Last year was one of the hottest and also wettest years in Northern Ireland, according to the Met Office. It described 2023 as the second warmest on record for the UK as a whole. For Northern Ireland it was its respective warmest year in a series from 1884, third wettest year in a series from […]