Met Office issues cyclone alert, heavy rainfall in Sindh

KARACHI: The Met Office has issued alert about the deep depression over the coastal belt of Sindh turning into a cyclonic storm during next 24 hours, ARY News reported on Thursday.

The deep depression hovering over coastal district of Kachchh in India, and it could approach the Sindh’s coastal belt tonight or tomorrow, Pakistan Meteorological Department said in its alert.

The depression was moving westwards from India with a speed of 12
km per hour and centred at around 270 km east-southeast of Karachi.

Met Office informed that the deep depression over Rann of Kachchh, India has moved very slowly west-southwest during last 12 hours and now lies at around Latitude 23.7 N & Longitude 69.5 E at about 270km east/southeast of Karachi. The system is likely to move west/southwestwards & emerge into northeast Arabian Sea along Sindh coast by late night/ tomorrow morning.

Due to favorable environmental conditions, sea surface temperature, low/moderate vertical wind shear and upper-level divergence, the system is likely to intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm by tomorrow and move initially in west/southwest direction.

The weather system likely to bring windstorm as well as heavy to very heavy rainfall till August 30 with gaps in Sindh’s Karachi, Tharparkar, Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Matiari, Umarkot, Mirpur Khas, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Dadu and Shaheed Benazirabad districts, according to the weather warning.

The Met Office has also advised Sindh’s fishermen to stay away from the sea until August 31.