ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday cautioned people to keep away from shorelines as cyclone Biparjoy was around 760 kilometres south of Karachi and was moving towards the coastal regions of Pakistan and India.
State-run Radio Pakistan said that the NDMA urged citizens to heed the advice of local authorities in any emergency circumstance. Due to the danger from today till the conclusion of the storm, the Karachi commissioner has over the previous several days prohibited admission to the city’s beaches as well as fishing, sailing, swimming, and bathing in seas within Karachi’s territorial boundary.
It occurred as the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warned the system is “likely to keep tracking further in the north-northeast direction during the next 24 hours” after locating the cyclone around latitude 18.1°N and longitude 67.5°E.
The cyclone would then recurve northeastward on June 14 and traverse between Keti Bandar (southeast Sindh) and the Indian Gujrat coast, according to the PMD. “Dust-raising/gusty winds are expected in central/southern districts of the country” on Sunday and Monday afternoon, according to the prediction.
In the meanwhile, the NDMA cited the Pacific Disaster Centre as saying that 305,755 of the 1.38 million persons from Pakistan and India who were exposed to the storm were among the most vulnerable.
The statement said that the storm had sustained winds of 185 km/h and gusts as high as 232 km/h.
Additionally, according to the PDC’s website, the system is “forecast to remain on a generally northward trajectory through 72 hours, after which the majority of the guidance indicates an eastward turn, while a small number of rebels still shift westward.”
The system’s predicted trajectory has slightly changed, as shown on Zoom Earth’s live radar. Rather of moving towards Pakistan’s coastal towns as predicted yesterday, the storm is now anticipated to go towards the Indian shoreline.
However, a sizable portion of the coast of Sindh is still within the cyclone’s “cone of uncertainty”.
In addition, the NDMA advised people to avoid coastlines and heed emergency instructions from local authorities, according to Radio Pakistan.
It cited an NDMA spokesman who said sustained winds of 150 km/h were present near the system’s core.
Separately, Sharjeel Inam Memon, the Sindh Minister of Information, stated that the province administration is “completely monitoring the situation of weather in coastal areas.”
He stated in a tweet that district administrations were “completely vigilant and on alert” and underlined the instructions given to fishermen not to enter the deep sea.
Government of sindh is completely monitoring the situation of weather in coastal areas. Fisherman are directed not to go to deep sea, administrations of the districts of the coastal areas are completely vigilant and on alert. Government employees are directed by the CM Sindh that…
— Sharjeel Inam Memon (@sharjeelinam) June 11, 2023
The PPP representative continued by saying that Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, has ordered all government workers to remain in their areas.
The PMD had warned the relevant authorities to be on “high alert” on Saturday night since the system might lead to floods, especially in low-lying regions, as well as other damages.
