Safe shores: Pakistan out of cyclone path

ISLAMABAD:

The risk of tropical cyclone Ashobaa subsided as it now moves towards the west leaving Pakistan out of danger.

“Fishermen both in Sindh and Balochistan coastal areas can now venture into the open sea without fear of the storm,” said Sardar Sarfaraz, the director of the Institute of Meteorology Geophysics, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Karachi.

He said Ashobaa, which was formed in the Arabian Sea, has changed its course towards the west coast of Oman,  “Ashooba has hit Oman’s coastal areas which has caused heavy rains.”

Pakistan is now not under its influence and its impact on the country’s weather conditions has almost subsided, he added.

Sarfaraz said earlier there were chances that the tropical cyclone would hit the coastal areas of Balochistan and Sindh which will cause heavy rains and flash floods especially in Balochsitan.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 14^th, 2015.