Drought-Stricken Pakistan Receives Heaviest Snowfall in 48 Years
Pakistan is seeing an unusually wet winter this year after a very long drought . The country's northern areas received up to 1.8 and 2.1 m (6 and 7 feet) snowfall in January and the first week of February 2019, the heaviest in 48 years. Other parts of the country have seen torrential rains and flooding that required launching of relief efforts by Pakistani military and national and provincial disaster management agencies. Pakistan Rain and Snow. Source: AccuWeather Abdul Wali Yousafzai, a senior officer in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa irrigation department told Anadolu Agency that the "snowfall and rain will not only help to raise our water table but also be beneficial for our forests that had been affected by drought". Prime Minister Imran Khan also welcomed it as "a blessing from God". "The rainfall will raise the water table while the snow will melt into our river. It's a blessing from God," he said. Unusually wet weather in arid Balochista...