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Pakistan Meteorological Department flood forecasting division warned vulnerable area people that severe flash flooding is expected in the Nullah and hill torrents of east Balochistan and DG Khan division during the next three days.

The advisory directed all 18 local disaster councils across the province to be on alert and monitor vulnerable areas prone to flash floods and landslides.

The advisory directed all 18 local disaster councils across the province to be on heightened alert and monitor vulnerable areas prone to flash floods, flood debris flows, and landslides.

In the letter, the Congress leader suggested the Prime Minister install early warning systems in vulnerable areas and develop a long term strategy and an action plan to "protect the life and livelihood of people and the environment".

'Isolated heavy falls may generate flash flooding in Battagram, Torghar, Shangla and Mansehra districts, while land sliding in the vulnerable areas of these districts cannot be ruled out,' said a statement from the Pakistan Metrological Office.

During this period isolated heavy falls may generate flash flooding in Battagram, Torghar, Shangla and Mansehra districts while land sliding in the vulnerable areas of these districts cannot be ruled out.

'The first strategy will be maximization of production in less vulnerable areas. The second is saving production in vulnerable areas and the third will focus on rehabilitation of affected areas,' it said.

Officials said that the federal government had sanctioned a scheme for construction of community protection bunkers in vulnerable areas along the LoC.

Indonesia is hit by earthquakes on a yearly basis due to its location within the "Ring of Fire"; an area close to the Pacific Ocean and one of the most vulnerable areas to earthquakes in the world.

Presiding over a high-level meeting regarding arrangements being made for tackling of dengue during upcoming monsoon, the Deputy Commissioner Malakand said special strategy should be adopted to keep people's safe from dengue epidemic besides ensure its control in low laying and vulnerable areas.