{"id":15050,"date":"2025-07-17T16:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=15050"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:02:27","slug":"heavy-rain-disrupts-islamabad-rawalpindi-flight-operations-affected-urban-flooding-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=15050","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rain Disrupts Islamabad, Rawalpindi: Flight Operations Affected, Urban Flooding Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d632a3bc-5fce-423b-8627-a46b78773e44\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"459\"><strong>Heavy rainfall in Islamabad and Rawalpindi has disrupted daily life and severely affected flight operations at Islamabad International Airport. Dozens of flights were either delayed or cancelled, while urban flooding gripped parts of the twin cities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"781\">According to Islamabad airport authorities, British Airways flight BK2160 was delayed by three hours, while PIA\u2019s Dubai-bound flight was delayed by one hour. A private airline&#8217;s Karachi-bound flight faced a two-hour delay. Flights to Jeddah, Doha, Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, and Baku were also delayed by about an hour each.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"1029\">As per the Islamabad Airport\u2019s flight inquiry portal, six flights were completely cancelled. The Islamabad-Skardu route was particularly impacted, with PIA flights PK-451 and PK-452, and AirSial\u2019s Karachi-to-Islamabad flight PF-121 all cancelled.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1167\">Airport sources confirmed that all Skardu-bound flights were suspended for the entire day due to low visibility and continuous rainfall.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1530\">Meanwhile, the relentless overnight downpour submerged several areas of the twin cities. Major roads, including Adiala Road, were flooded, severely disrupting traffic. At the Katarian Point of Nullah Lai, water levels rose to 15.7 feet, prompting alerts for low-lying areas. In some areas, rainwater entered homes, triggering an immediate response from rescue teams.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1726\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Experts have forecast further rainfall in the next 24 hours, and emergency services remain on high alert. Citizens have been advised to avoid low-lying areas and refrain from unnecessary travel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rainfall in Islamabad and Rawalpindi has disrupted daily life and severely affected flight operations at Islamabad International Airport. Dozens of flights were either delayed or cancelled, while urban flooding gripped parts of the twin cities. According to Islamabad airport authorities, British Airways flight BK2160 was delayed by three hours, while PIA\u2019s Dubai-bound flight was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,43],"tags":[7575,2085,7144,7145,7576,6353],"class_list":["post-15050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-weather","tag-flight-delays","tag-islamabad-airport","tag-islamabad-rain","tag-rawalpindi-flooding","tag-urban-flood","tag-weather-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15052,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15050\/revisions\/15052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}