Sindh, Balochistan brace for rain as cyclonic storm intensifies in Arabian Sea

Cyclonic storm ‘Kyarr’ has rapidly intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm: PMD

KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a warning that the cyclonic storm, ‘Kyarr’, over the east-central Arabian Sea has rapidly intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).

The department clarified that none of Pakistan's coastal areas were "under direct threat from this system" but rainfall was expected in Sindh and areas along the Makran Coast from October 28 to October 30.

 

As per the advisory, the storm moved west-northwestward over the past 12 hours and was heading towards the coast of Oman.

"The system lay centered at 8:30pm on October 26, near latitude 16.8°N and longitude 70.5°E about 950 kilometre southeast of Karachi and 1780 km east-southeast of Salalah, Oman."

"Kyarr is likely to move west-northwestwards towards Oman coast and intensify further into an extremely severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours," read the PMD statement.

"Fishermen are advised to remain alert and not to venture in deep sea from Monday. Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC) of the PMD is regularly monitoring the intensity and track of this tropical cyclone," it added.