Biparjoy: 40 Buildings near shoreline marked extremely hazardous

KARACHI: Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) declared around 40 buildings near the shore is extremely dangerous amid the storm Biparjoy is likely to hit Karachi’s coastline, ARY News reported on Monday.

The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) designated approximately 40 shoreline buildings as extremely hazardous, stating that the task of evacuating from these hazardous buildings will be completed by Monday (today).

The Director-General of SBCA mentioned that a rain emergency control room has been established at the SBCA office, while the officers and staffers have been put on high alert in all divisions of Karachi.

The SBCA authorities have requested the citizens of Karachi not to park their vehicles near these hazardous buildings.

The SBCA officials further revealed that, a total of 450 buildings in the Karachi division had already been identified as hazardous.

Cyclone Biparjoy

Extremely Severe Cyclone Biparjoy over east-central Arabian Sea has moved further northward and now locating at 600km south of Karachi, citing the PMD’s cyclone warning center.

The very severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” and is likely to hit south-southeast Sindh and India’s adjoining Gujarat coast. The exact place where the cyclone will make landfall will become clear in the coming days.

In its further northward movement during last 12 hours the cyclone now lies near Latitude 19.5°N & Longitude 67.7°E at a distance of about 600km south of Karachi, 580km south of Thatta and 710km southeast of Ormara.

Maximum sustained surface winds are 160-180 Km/hour, gusts 200 Km/hour around the system center and sea conditions being very rough around the system canter with maximum wave height 35-40 feet.

The Met Office has forecast that under the existing upper-level steering winds, the cyclonic storm Biparjoy is most likely to track further Northward until 14 June morning, then recurve Northeastward and cross between Keti Bandar (Southeast Sindh) and Indian
Gujarat coast on 15 June afternoon as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).