RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: The Met Office on Thursday warned farmers of accumulated rainwater in fields which may damage standing crops, especially the cotton.

It said that rainwater accumulated in fields should be drained immediately, which can scale down yield, especially cotton crop. “Farmers may take suitable measures to resolve the issue,” it added. It also asked farmers to chalk out plans for irrigation of their standing crops as a dry weather spell in likely to hit the most parts of the country except Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.

It also warned farmers of growing threats to crops from weeds, saying that the unneeded plants in fields consume a major portion of food ingredients and moisture, scaling back a sizeable yield annually.

In the next 24 hours: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country. However, rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds is expected at a few places in Malakand, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala Divisions, besides Gilgit-Baltistan, Upper FATA and Kashmir. Maximum temperature was recorded in Turbat, Sibbi and Lasbela as 42 degrees Celsius, each, Gwadar, Chhor and Rohri 41, each, and Mithi and Sukkur 40, each.