Pakistan: Cyclone Biparjoy now 380 kilometers away from Karachi

Cyclone Biparjoy has now weakened into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm VSCS and has moved further northnorthwestward It now lay at a distance of about 380 kilometres south of Karachi Pakistanbased ARY News reportedThe Pakistan Meteorological Department PMD in the latest alert said that Cyclone Biparjoy had moved further northnorthwestward in the past six hours and now lay at a distance of about 380 kilometres south of Karachi and 390 kilometres south of ThattaIt said Maximum sustained surface winds are 140150 Kmhour gusts 170 Kmhour around the system centre and sea conditions being phenomenal around the system centre with maximum wave height 30 feet according to ARY News reportThe advisory said that the favourable environmental conditions sea surface temperature of 2930degC low vertical wind shear amp upperlevel divergence are in support to sustain its strength through the forecast period as per the ARY News reportThe cyclone was most likely to track further northward until June 14 then recurve Northeastward and cross between Keti Bandar and Indias Gujarat coast on June 15 as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm VSCS with packing winds of 100120 Kilometers per hour gusting 140 kilometres per hourAccording to the alert issued by PMD the widespread winddustthunderstorm rain with some very heavyextremely heavy falls along with squally winds of 80100 kilometres per hour gusting 120 kilometres per hour likely in Thatta Sujawal Badin Tharparker Mirpurkhas and Umerkot districts from June 1317 the report saidDustthunderstorm rain with few heavy falls along with squally winds of 6080 Kmhour is likely to hit Karachi Hyderabad Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Allayar Shaheed Benazirabad and Sanghar districts from June 14 16 according to ARY News reportPMD warned sea conditions along the Sindh coast might get rough to high and rough to very high along the Balochistan coast Meanwhile Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said that Karachi will likely face urban flooding considering the scale and intensity of the windsAmid the threat from Cyclone Biparjoy the Sindh government has cancelled and rescheduled all exams and other educational activities in Karachi from June 14 as per the ARY News report Karachi Commissioner has ordered the concerned authorities to suspend the examinations seminars and other eventsMeanwhile Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that 56895 people had been evacuated from the Badin Sujawal and Thatta districts of SindhThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever