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Why don't all weather channels just shut up and wait till it comes. Nobody can fiddle and predict Gods creations.
Cyclone Phet approaching Pakistans coastal areas
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Sindh, Balochistan face cyclone threat
KARACHI: As tropical cyclone Phet travels northwards towards Sindhs coastal areas and is expected to hit them on Friday waves in the sea have already started swelling and rains were reported in some parts of the interior of the province on Wednesday.
Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, director general of the Meteorological Department, said that Phet would hit the Omani coast on Thursday morning. It was expected to re-curve towards Sindh coastal areas, including Karachi, on Thursday afternoon and hit them on Friday afternoon.
He said that Phet might lose most of its energy after hitting the Omani coast and it would not be as severe as it was at present. Its intensity is also expected to be less than the cyclone that had hit Sindh in 1999.
The fishermen organisation said that over 170 fishing boats with 5,000-6,000 fishermen on board were still in the sea and a search operation would be launched on Thursday with the help of the navy.
Dr Qamar told Dawn that Phet, which was currently about 920km southwest of Karachi, had intensified into a very severe tropical cyclone, with a maximum sustained wind of 64 to 119 knots near the centre.
He said that Phet had moved northwestwards along coastal areas of Oman over the past six hours and lied at 17.5 N-60.8 E.
The chief weatherman said that Phet was likely to intensify further in the next 24 hours. It may hit land areas south of Karachi on Friday. The storm swell near the landfall is likely to be six to eight metres high.
Dr Qamar said that under the influence of this system fairly widespread rainfall with scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by strong gusty winds were likely in Sindh and Balochistan coastal areas over the next three to four days.
Heavy rains may case flash flooding in southern Balochistan and Sindh, including Karachi.
Dr Qamar said that the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre of Pakistan Meteorological Department had issued a warning and asked the fishermen who were in the sea to return to the coast. It also advised fishermen not to venture in open sea till Saturday. It asked the irrigation authorities in Sindh and Balochistan to reduce inflow in the irrigation system.
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum officials said that over 100 fishing boats from Karachi, 30 from Badin and 30 from Jati, with 5,000-6,000 fishermen on board had not returned. They said that a search operation involving helicopters and speed boats would be launched in Kajar Creek, Sir Creek and adjoining waterways.
The officials said that after the met office warning several fishing boats had returned to the coast, but about 170 were still in the sea.
They said that PFF had set up five centres in Jati to accommodate over 600 families of fishermen from 35 villages.
They said that rains with strong winds had been reported from some areas of Mirpurkhas and Umerkot.
Saleem Shahid adds from Quetta: Strong winds were already lashing parts of the Makran coast and Cyclone Phet is expected to hit coastal areas of Balochistan in the next 24 hours, reports said.
Three-four metres high tides have developed in the rough sea surrounding coastal areas of Gwadar, Pasni, Jiwani and Ormara.
The coast is safe so far, but very rough and high tides can be seen in Gwadar which is surrounded by the sea from three sides, a senior official of the Gwadar town administration told Dawn on Wednesday night.
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani directed commissioners of Kalat and Makran divisions and the provincial disaster management authority to take all steps to ensure safety of fishermen and people of coastal areas.
Reuters adds: Tropical cyclone Phet barrelled towards the coast of Oman on Wednesday, strengthening fast and forecast to become a powerful Category 5 storm.
KARACHI: As tropical cyclone Phet travels northwards towards Sindhs coastal areas and is expected to hit them on Friday waves in the sea have already started swelling and rains were reported in some parts of the interior of the province on Wednesday.
Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, director general of the Meteorological Department, said that Phet would hit the Omani coast on Thursday morning. It was expected to re-curve towards Sindh coastal areas, including Karachi, on Thursday afternoon and hit them on Friday afternoon.
He said that Phet might lose most of its energy after hitting the Omani coast and it would not be as severe as it was at present. Its intensity is also expected to be less than the cyclone that had hit Sindh in 1999.
The fishermen organisation said that over 170 fishing boats with 5,000-6,000 fishermen on board were still in the sea and a search operation would be launched on Thursday with the help of the navy.
Dr Qamar told Dawn that Phet, which was currently about 920km southwest of Karachi, had intensified into a very severe tropical cyclone, with a maximum sustained wind of 64 to 119 knots near the centre.
He said that Phet had moved northwestwards along coastal areas of Oman over the past six hours and lied at 17.5 N-60.8 E.
The chief weatherman said that Phet was likely to intensify further in the next 24 hours. It may hit land areas south of Karachi on Friday. The storm swell near the landfall is likely to be six to eight metres high.
Dr Qamar said that under the influence of this system fairly widespread rainfall with scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by strong gusty winds were likely in Sindh and Balochistan coastal areas over the next three to four days.
Heavy rains may case flash flooding in southern Balochistan and Sindh, including Karachi.
Dr Qamar said that the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre of Pakistan Meteorological Department had issued a warning and asked the fishermen who were in the sea to return to the coast. It also advised fishermen not to venture in open sea till Saturday. It asked the irrigation authorities in Sindh and Balochistan to reduce inflow in the irrigation system.
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum officials said that over 100 fishing boats from Karachi, 30 from Badin and 30 from Jati, with 5,000-6,000 fishermen on board had not returned. They said that a search operation involving helicopters and speed boats would be launched in Kajar Creek, Sir Creek and adjoining waterways.
The officials said that after the met office warning several fishing boats had returned to the coast, but about 170 were still in the sea.
They said that PFF had set up five centres in Jati to accommodate over 600 families of fishermen from 35 villages.
They said that rains with strong winds had been reported from some areas of Mirpurkhas and Umerkot.
Saleem Shahid adds from Quetta: Strong winds were already lashing parts of the Makran coast and Cyclone Phet is expected to hit coastal areas of Balochistan in the next 24 hours, reports said.
Three-four metres high tides have developed in the rough sea surrounding coastal areas of Gwadar, Pasni, Jiwani and Ormara.
The coast is safe so far, but very rough and high tides can be seen in Gwadar which is surrounded by the sea from three sides, a senior official of the Gwadar town administration told Dawn on Wednesday night.
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani directed commissioners of Kalat and Makran divisions and the provincial disaster management authority to take all steps to ensure safety of fishermen and people of coastal areas.
Reuters adds: Tropical cyclone Phet barrelled towards the coast of Oman on Wednesday, strengthening fast and forecast to become a powerful Category 5 storm.
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A strengthening and already very intense tropical cyclone may lead to a natural disaster, threatening millions of lives along the northern Arabian Seacoast in the Middle East Thursday into the weekend.
Topical Cyclone Phet, in the Arabian Sea, will pass over the coast of Oman tonight and Thursday, before shifting its track to the east, possibly bringing it near Karachi, Pakistan.
Phet, the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane, with its sustained winds of 145 mph and gusts to 175 mph as of Wednesday morning, EDT, was nearing the island of Masira just off the coast of Oman.
The storm is expected to curve to the northeast. However, this may not occur until the storm center passes over the northeast tip of Oman, between the island of Masirah and Cape al Hadd Thursday.
Phet continued to strengthen Wednesday and could reach Category 5 (hurricane) status before nearing land. The storm threatens to unleash destruction from high winds, pounding surf and torrential rain on a location that typically receives only a few inches of rain per year.
Assuming Phet does curve along the coast of Oman, dry, desert air will be pulled southward and would protect inland areas from catastrophic rainfall. Thousands of people in communities along the coast of Oman from Dawwah to Sur could still be hit very hard.
Tropical Cyclone Gonu hit the Sur area hard in 2007 and is considered to be Oman's worst natural disaster.
Phet could have a very similar outcome turning the dry stream beds, called wadis, into raging ********, while mudslides cascade down the mountainsides in the northeast part of Oman.
Odds favor the destructive winds of Phet to slide to the east of the oil fields in Oman and southern Iran, as the tropical cyclone is rather compact.
A track more inland over Oman would cause rapid weakening of the storm but could bring heavy rain, damaging wind and flooding as far northwest as the Oman capital of Muscat, home to over 600,000 people.
Since Phet is expected to curve to the east Friday after nearing or landing in Oman, a trip back over the warm, open waters of the northern part of the Arabian Sea would allow for restrengthening.
Over the weekend, Phet could slam into coast of Pakistan as a major tropical cyclone, threatening the city of Karachi and other coastal communities, perhaps with damaging and life-threatening consequences.
Fifteen and a half million people live in the city of Karachi, part of the Indus River Delta region.
Depending upon the nature of the expected recurve of Phet, the northwest part of India could also be threatened.
Topical Cyclone Phet, in the Arabian Sea, will pass over the coast of Oman tonight and Thursday, before shifting its track to the east, possibly bringing it near Karachi, Pakistan.
Phet, the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane, with its sustained winds of 145 mph and gusts to 175 mph as of Wednesday morning, EDT, was nearing the island of Masira just off the coast of Oman.
The storm is expected to curve to the northeast. However, this may not occur until the storm center passes over the northeast tip of Oman, between the island of Masirah and Cape al Hadd Thursday.
Phet continued to strengthen Wednesday and could reach Category 5 (hurricane) status before nearing land. The storm threatens to unleash destruction from high winds, pounding surf and torrential rain on a location that typically receives only a few inches of rain per year.
Assuming Phet does curve along the coast of Oman, dry, desert air will be pulled southward and would protect inland areas from catastrophic rainfall. Thousands of people in communities along the coast of Oman from Dawwah to Sur could still be hit very hard.
Tropical Cyclone Gonu hit the Sur area hard in 2007 and is considered to be Oman's worst natural disaster.
Phet could have a very similar outcome turning the dry stream beds, called wadis, into raging ********, while mudslides cascade down the mountainsides in the northeast part of Oman.
Odds favor the destructive winds of Phet to slide to the east of the oil fields in Oman and southern Iran, as the tropical cyclone is rather compact.
A track more inland over Oman would cause rapid weakening of the storm but could bring heavy rain, damaging wind and flooding as far northwest as the Oman capital of Muscat, home to over 600,000 people.
Since Phet is expected to curve to the east Friday after nearing or landing in Oman, a trip back over the warm, open waters of the northern part of the Arabian Sea would allow for restrengthening.
Over the weekend, Phet could slam into coast of Pakistan as a major tropical cyclone, threatening the city of Karachi and other coastal communities, perhaps with damaging and life-threatening consequences.
Fifteen and a half million people live in the city of Karachi, part of the Indus River Delta region.
Depending upon the nature of the expected recurve of Phet, the northwest part of India could also be threatened.
I am monitoring this storm from last 4 days, found that how unpredictable the weather could be;
Day 1: Strom is going to hit Indian Gujrat, 1.2 million people will be effected
Day 2: Strom is going to hit Indian Gujrat + Pakistani coastal areas, 1.76 Million people will be effected
Day 3: Strom is going to hit Pakistani Costal areas + Karachi, 7.6 Million people
will be effected
& Today, Only Oman will be hit directly, and only 65k people will be effected
Lolz, Shair aya, Shair aya, and pufff....
Day 1: Strom is going to hit Indian Gujrat, 1.2 million people will be effected
Day 2: Strom is going to hit Indian Gujrat + Pakistani coastal areas, 1.76 Million people will be effected
Day 3: Strom is going to hit Pakistani Costal areas + Karachi, 7.6 Million people
will be effected
& Today, Only Oman will be hit directly, and only 65k people will be effected
Lolz, Shair aya, Shair aya, and pufff....
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Allah Khair karay!!
i am 100% SURE that our government will make a mess of it! all communications will be down electricty will be out KARACHI will be flooded! BILLIONS of rupees kaa nuksaan hogaa! because our government will fail to deliver! & then they will all come on tv & do political point scoring!!! MQM will blame everyone! & PPP will blame mqm for not making proper "drainage in its time" !!!!
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Gujarat readies for cyclone Phet, squalls hit coastal areas
Gujarat was on high alert with rescue teams rushing in as rains and squalls were reported along the coast on Wednesday.
The weather office warned that these may intensify with cyclone Phet likely to hit the state over the next few days.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cyclone Phet has intensified further and lies centralised about 1,000 km southwest of Naliya in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
"It is slated to move in the north-north westerly direction for the next 24 hours towards the Oman coast and then may re-curve north-eastwards towards Gujarat," an IMD official forecast Wednesday evening.
The state has sought updated satellite photographs, and put the district and taluka administrations on alert to deal with the emerging situation.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of cabinet ministers, the chief secretary and secretaries of all related departments, and also had India Meteorological Department (IMD) director Kamaljeet Ray and Director General of Police S.S. Khandwawala in attendance.
A government spokesperson announced that all control rooms from district to taluka levels have been made operational and secretaries in-charge of various districts have been rushed to their areas in the Saurashtra-Kutch region.
"The administration is equipped with a contingency plan for disaster management. Fishermen have been directed to return home. Health and sanitation teams are ready with necessary medicines and insecticides. Civil supply department has made arrangements for providing enough food stocks in the villages," he said.
Six teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have reached Kutch, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh and Rajkot.
Two more teams have been dispatched to Kutch and Jamnagar. State Reserve Police (SRP) contingents are already on the way and state transport buses have been kept ready at various points for short notice deployment for relief duties.
The chief minister has directed both public and private hospitals to be prepared to deal with any contingency and emergency services of 108 service vans are ready.
Meanwhile, the sweltering weather in Gujarat underwent a dramatic change with a fall in temperature and an overcast sky.
Not only the coastal areas of the state but cities like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat, besides smaller towns, received showers though squalls affected transport and traffic on some roads.
The Met office attributed the changed conditions to the affect of the impending cyclonic storm.
Showers have been reported from Amreli, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar districts of the Saurashtra region and Dharmpur in Valsad, besides other parts of south Gujarat. The sea would be rough and fishermen have been cautioned not to go out. The ports in the state have also been alerted.
According to reports from Saurashtra, two people have died within the 24 hours till Wednesday evening.
While Sanjay Baria was struck by lightening in Khakhiana village of Rajkot district, an unidentified woman was killed in a wall collapse due to rains which also left six others injured in Wankaner in Rajkot district.
Gujarat was on high alert with rescue teams rushing in as rains and squalls were reported along the coast on Wednesday.
The weather office warned that these may intensify with cyclone Phet likely to hit the state over the next few days.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cyclone Phet has intensified further and lies centralised about 1,000 km southwest of Naliya in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
"It is slated to move in the north-north westerly direction for the next 24 hours towards the Oman coast and then may re-curve north-eastwards towards Gujarat," an IMD official forecast Wednesday evening.
The state has sought updated satellite photographs, and put the district and taluka administrations on alert to deal with the emerging situation.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of cabinet ministers, the chief secretary and secretaries of all related departments, and also had India Meteorological Department (IMD) director Kamaljeet Ray and Director General of Police S.S. Khandwawala in attendance.
A government spokesperson announced that all control rooms from district to taluka levels have been made operational and secretaries in-charge of various districts have been rushed to their areas in the Saurashtra-Kutch region.
"The administration is equipped with a contingency plan for disaster management. Fishermen have been directed to return home. Health and sanitation teams are ready with necessary medicines and insecticides. Civil supply department has made arrangements for providing enough food stocks in the villages," he said.
Six teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have reached Kutch, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh and Rajkot.
Two more teams have been dispatched to Kutch and Jamnagar. State Reserve Police (SRP) contingents are already on the way and state transport buses have been kept ready at various points for short notice deployment for relief duties.
The chief minister has directed both public and private hospitals to be prepared to deal with any contingency and emergency services of 108 service vans are ready.
Meanwhile, the sweltering weather in Gujarat underwent a dramatic change with a fall in temperature and an overcast sky.
Not only the coastal areas of the state but cities like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat, besides smaller towns, received showers though squalls affected transport and traffic on some roads.
The Met office attributed the changed conditions to the affect of the impending cyclonic storm.
Showers have been reported from Amreli, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar districts of the Saurashtra region and Dharmpur in Valsad, besides other parts of south Gujarat. The sea would be rough and fishermen have been cautioned not to go out. The ports in the state have also been alerted.
According to reports from Saurashtra, two people have died within the 24 hours till Wednesday evening.
While Sanjay Baria was struck by lightening in Khakhiana village of Rajkot district, an unidentified woman was killed in a wall collapse due to rains which also left six others injured in Wankaner in Rajkot district.
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Gujarat Cyclone Phet update: Over 8000 evacuated
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Reacting to the intensification of the Cyclone Phet to a major cyclonic storm, the Gujarat government evacuated over 8000 people from their dwellings from Kandla and Tuna in the Kutch district. In a striking change of weather from the heat of Wednesday, the severe cyclonic storm is causing strong winds, rainfall and thunderstorms across the state. The cyclonic storm has also claimed a casualty. Sabbir Pateliya(35) drowned in the sea off the coast of Jamnagar. Weathermen warned that Phet is expected to strike Gujarat on Friday.
According to the weather officials, a cyclone alert (which is issued 48 hrs before it is expected to strike), will be issued later. A Distant Port Warning (No. 2 Level) was also issued along the entire coastline of Gujarat.
The Director of the Gujarat based India Meteorological Department (IMD), Kamaljit Ray, said “The system is predicted to intensify further and head in a north-northwesterly or northerly direction close to Oman coast and then recurve northeastwards towards Pakistan and adjoining Gujarat coast, skirting Oman coast. The cyclone is expected to hit the coast between Pakistan and Gujarat on or after June 4.”
Winds having speeds between 25-35 kmph blew over parts of Gujarat on Tuesday, while light to heavy rainfall lashed almost the entire state. Junagadh reported the maximum rain of 58 mm. Jamnagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Surat, Valsad, Banaskantha, Mehsana and Kutch also experienced heavy rainfall.
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Reacting to the intensification of the Cyclone Phet to a major cyclonic storm, the Gujarat government evacuated over 8000 people from their dwellings from Kandla and Tuna in the Kutch district. In a striking change of weather from the heat of Wednesday, the severe cyclonic storm is causing strong winds, rainfall and thunderstorms across the state. The cyclonic storm has also claimed a casualty. Sabbir Pateliya(35) drowned in the sea off the coast of Jamnagar. Weathermen warned that Phet is expected to strike Gujarat on Friday.
According to the weather officials, a cyclone alert (which is issued 48 hrs before it is expected to strike), will be issued later. A Distant Port Warning (No. 2 Level) was also issued along the entire coastline of Gujarat.
The Director of the Gujarat based India Meteorological Department (IMD), Kamaljit Ray, said “The system is predicted to intensify further and head in a north-northwesterly or northerly direction close to Oman coast and then recurve northeastwards towards Pakistan and adjoining Gujarat coast, skirting Oman coast. The cyclone is expected to hit the coast between Pakistan and Gujarat on or after June 4.”
Winds having speeds between 25-35 kmph blew over parts of Gujarat on Tuesday, while light to heavy rainfall lashed almost the entire state. Junagadh reported the maximum rain of 58 mm. Jamnagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Surat, Valsad, Banaskantha, Mehsana and Kutch also experienced heavy rainfall.
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Allah na karey yaar nuqsaan ho we are already suffering from natural disasters and of course terrorism... Something is definitely wrong with Paksitani Muslims.... Allah kahir karey bs
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I LiVe in KhI.......MAn WAts GANA HAppEn........But AM in Da SAfe ZoNE..................................!!!
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tell me about it ... flipin humid out there , this place is like an oven
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oh here we go again ice_man you and mqm what really happend why not share ? there isnt a single post where i havent seen you winging about mqm
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oh here we go again ice_man you and mqm what really happend why not share ? there isnt a single post where i havent seen you winging about mqm
firstly i don't care about MQM if you read my post correctly it clearly mentions ALL political parties let me repeat ALL!!!
my main point is that Phet was a Category 3 storm on Wednesday, with sustained winds of over 130 mph. It was expected to become a Category 5 storm, the most powerful with winds of over 156 mph, in the next 24 hours.
read this what a category 5 typhon can do:
Tropical cyclone scales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Powerful Cyclone Phet barrels toward Oman | Reuters
god HELP PAKISTAN!!! ALLAH SAVE KARACHI because our leaders are inept & corrupt!!
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