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Nearly 200 L.A. foothill homes ordered evacuated by 4 p.m. as storm nears

Two rainstorms are expected to move into Southern California this weekend, but public works officials said Friday they were confident debris basins would hold up in Los Angeles County foothills ravaged by fire and mudslides.

As a precaution, evacuation orders have been issued for 146 homes in La Canada Flintridge and 46 homes in La Crescenta, said Bob Spencer, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Authorities began calling residents Thursday night, warning them to evacuate their homes by 4 p.m. Friday.

Deputies will be going door-to-door to tell residents about the evacuation orders, law enforcement officials said. Residents also were being advised not to leave trash cans or vehicles on the street. Parking restrictions had been imposed on certain streets in La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta, Spencer said.

Spencer said seven smaller debris basins in the burn areas had been completely cleaned out. The remaining 21 were much larger and could take several weeks to be cleared, but a lot of material had already been removed, Spencer said.
“We’ve got adequate capacity for these particular [rain] events as forecasted,” Spencer said. “But weather can always change.”

The last several days of dry weather had allowed workers to make significant progress in clearing debris, and “the flood control system is working effectively,” he said. Since the start of the rainy season, 1 million cubic yards of debris had been captured and averted from landing in neighborhoods.

The first of the imminent storms was expected to bring between one-third to three-quarters of an inch of rain overnight Friday into Saturday morning, with up to 1-1/2 inches expected in the valleys and mountains, said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
Snow levels were expected to drop to 4,500 feet Friday night with several inches possible in the higher mountain resorts. While the amount of rainfall expected was not as intense as the deluge that triggered mudslides earlier this month, if a thunderstorm were to hit the areas affected by last year’s Station fire, “that could cause problems,” Seto said. Thunderstorms are forecast to occur off the coast or slightly inland, he added.

Angeles Forest Highway, Big Tujunga Canyon Road and Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road were to be closed Friday at noon, according to the public works department.
More than 1,000 public works personnel were expected to be deployed to burn zones across L.A. County, including areas such as Palos Verdes and Malibu, which were charred by previous wildfires, Spencer said.

A second, less-intense storm was expected to move in Sunday night and into Monday. Intervals of rain are expected Tuesday through Thursday with temperatures ranging from the low- to mid-60s Saturday through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

Weather in Kabul, Afghanistan

Hot, dry weather forecast for Quetta

QUETTA, Aug 30: Regional Met office has forecast hot and dry weather for the provincial capital and its adjoining areas during the next 24 hours. On Sunday, maximum temperature was recorded as 38 degree Celsius while the minimum as 21.5 degree Celsius in the valley. Humidity remained as 10%. On Monday, the maximum temperature is expected to remain between 35 to 37 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature between 18 to 20 degree Celsius in the city. The highest maximum temperature was recorded in Balochistan as 45 degree Celsius in Dalbandin district and the lowest minimum temperature as 16 degree Celsius was recorded at Kalat.

Cloudy with chances of thunderstorm/rain forecast

KARACHI, Aug 30: The Meteorological department on Sunday forecast a cloudy with chances of thunderstorm/rain in metropolis during the next 24 hours. The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 30 to 32 degrees celsius.

More monsoon rains forecast on August 16: MET

ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: More monsoon rains are expected on August 16 in Northern parts of Punjab and Kashmir and this spell will continue for three days according to the forecast of the Met Office.

Hazrat Mir of Met Office who is also looking after the Flood Control Wing of the department told APP on Tuesday, the department had already finalised strategy with the cooperation of other related departments regarding to meet flood like situation in various parts of the country.

When asked about forecaste of rain in other parts of the country, Hazrat Mir said, ?Light rian is also expected in various parts of Sindh including Karachi, Badin and Thatta on August 15 and 16.?

Responding to a question about inflow in various rivers in the coming weeks, Hazrat Mir said that inflows are expected to rise in the coming weeks especially in major rivers Indus, Jhelum, Kabul and Chenab.

Tarbela Dam, the largest water reservoir of the country and Mangla Dam have risen to almost full capacity as water level at Tarbela 1541 feet and at Mangla 1202.70 feet was recorded on Tuesday according to official data released by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA).

Water level has risen to 1541 feet at Tarbela Dam, which is 171 feet above than the dead level of the dam 1369 feet.

The dam will be filled of water to full capacity o1f 1550 feet within next 3 to 4 days as only 9 feet water level left to full capacity of the dam.

Water inflow remained 249,900 cusecs on Tuesday morning which is considered a good sign for the water availability in Tarbela Dam.

According to data released by IRSA regarding details of water inflows, Tarbela Dam received a total inflow 279,900 cusecs and release remained 220,6.

Mangla Dam, the second largest water reservoir of the country is already set to be filled by the end of this week as the dam has left with the capacity to receive only even less than 3 feet Water against the total capacity of the dam which is 1205 feet so far.

Water level at Mangla was recorded 1202.70 feet which was more than 152 feet higher than the dead level which is 1040 feet.

Mangla Dam received a total inflow 39,646 cusecs water and only 15,000 cusecs water was released according to the official data.

Water inflow 57,100 cusecs was recorded in the River Kabul and 69,567 cusecs inflow was recorded at Marala of Chenab River.

A total inflow in all the rivers was recorded 416,213 cusecs and 362,267 cusecs water was released according to the official data released by IRSA.
: More monsoon rains are expected on August 16 in Northern parts of Punjab and Kashmir and this spell will continue for three days according to the forecast of the Met Office.