Tarbela 141.31 feet higher than dead level.

ISLAMABAD -- The water level in Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1,539.31 feet, which was 141.31 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) said on Saturday.

According to Irsa's data, the water inflow in the dam was recorded at 163,500 cusecs and outflow 114,9000 cusecs.

The water level in Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1,161.30 feet, which was 111.30 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet.

The inflow and outflow of water there was recorded as 42,200 cusecs and 10,000 cusecs respectively.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa and Sukkur was recorded as 113,900, 242,100 and 316,300 cusecs, respectively. From Kabul River, 43,300 cusecs of water were released at Nowshera and a similar amount was released from Chenab River at Marala.

Separately, the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that Indus River was flowing in 'medium flood' at Guddu (downstream Taunsa) and in 'low flood' at Sukkur.

According to the daily FFC report, all other main rivers of the Indus River System (Rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej including Indus at Tarbela, Kalabagh, Chashma and Kotri) were flowing in normal flow conditions.

The combined live storage of the Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma is 7.726 million acre feet (MAF) (i.e. 57.39% of the total 13.461 MAF).

According to the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD), Lahore, a monsoon low had developed over Northwestern Bay of Bengal (India) and was likely to affect Sindh, Balochistan along with Dera Ghazi Khan Division in Punjab significantly from August 10 to 13. A westerly wave continues to prevail over Northeastern Afghanistan and adjoining areas with seasonal low lying over Northwestern Balochistan.

Mild moist currents both from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are penetrating into the upper parts of the country up to 4,000 feet.

For the ensuing 24 hours, the FFD, Lahore has predicted scattered thunderstorms/rain of moderate intensity over the upper catchment of Indus River. Isolated to scattered thunderstorm/rain might also occur over Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore, DG Khan and Bahawalpur Divisions in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Eastern...

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