Tag: Cyclone Kyarr

Navy teams along with trucks carrying ration bags containing basic necessities reached the affected sites.

Pakistan Navy on Thursday conducted rescue operation in suburb of Keti Bandar and Shah Bandar in Thatta and Sajawal districts of Sindh which were affected by cyclone Kyarr.

The surge of seawater and high waves caused by Cyclone Kyarr in Arabian Sea affected 300 houses in the area, Navy spokesperson further said.

Tropical Cyclone Maha is likely to track northwest wards and intensify more as severe cyclonic storm (SCS) during next 24 hours, Pakistan Meteorological Department said.

The residents of the settlement fearing surge in tidal waves in the night time were forced to take refuge at the nearby hill.

Protective dykes at various coastal areas of the district have been under immense pressure of the seawater, while a 30-feet wide breach has been developed at an embankment near Joho.

The United Nations food agency on Tuesday warned against tropical storm to landfall in northern Somalia.

NASA's GPM found the heaviest rainfall stretching from the northern to the eastern side of the storm where it was falling at a rate of over 40 mm (about 1.6 inches) per hour.

'People in Karachi would be barred from swimming/bathing and fishing activities'

Scores of fishermen’s settlements in coastal belt of Makran reportedly came under the water, while a road in Pasni has submerged and the water entered at mud huts in Ormara, according to reports.

Mayor Karachi, Waseem Akhtar declared emergency in the metropolis owing to MET office predictions about cyclone Kyarr.

The cyclonic storm over Eastcentral Arabian Sea moved west-northwestward on Sunday and now lay centered near Latitude 17.6°N and Longitude 66.5°E about 800 km south of Karachi and 1300 km east of Salalah (Oman), Pakistan Meteorological Department said in its weather advisory on Sunday night.

Goth Mamoo Sholani, Muhammad Ali Sholani, Mehmood Jatt, Kando Kalmati, Ahmed Dublo and Goth Gul Hassan Kalmati have submerged after breach developed at an embankment near Garho under the pressure of the high tidal waves.

The Fishermen Cooperative Society has asked the fishermen to stay away from deep waters for three days.