Last Updated on: 18th May 2021, 07:52 pm
The extremely hot and dry weather will continue today (Tuesday) in the districts of Karachi, Hyderabad, Shaeed-Banzirabad, Badin, and Mirpurkhas due to cyclone storm “Tauktae”.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PDM) stated, “Very severe cyclone storm Tauktae, after worsening into an extremely severe cyclone storm that hit Gujarat India last night, became a severe cyclone storm that spread over Rajasthan, India.”
In the districts of Tharparker and Umerkot, dust/storm showers can occur in the next 12 hours, accompanied by gusts of wind of 30 to 50 km/hr.
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Sea conditions will remain difficult until tonight and fishermen in Sindh are advised not to go into deep water. They can resume their activities from tomorrow (May 19th). This is the final warning in this regard, the MET office reported.
On the other hand, a large cyclone with violent winds and the threat of a destructive storm landed in the West Indies and disrupted the country’s response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak.
At least 12 people were killed in heavy rains and winds over the weekend and Monday when cyclone Tauktae, the largest to hit the West Indies in 30 years, swept through the Arabian Sea with the state of Gujarat in its sights, according to media reports.
The cyclone system-generated winds of 155 to 165 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 185 km/hr, tweeted the Indian weather department.
In flooded and windswept Mumbai, where authorities closed the airport on Monday and told people to stay inside, authorities moved 580 Covid patients from three field hospitals “to safer places”.
Six people were killed and nine injured when the storm hit Maharashtra state, the capital of which is Mumbai, the prime minister’s office said.
