KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) today (Saturday) issued an alert about the Cyclone Tauktae, saying that it will cause rainfall and gusty winds in parts of Sindh including Karachi from May 17 to May 20.
According to a statement issued in this regard, the Depression over Southeast Arabian has intensified into a Cyclonic Storm “TAUKTAE” and lay centered at a distance of about 1,460km south-southeast of Karachi.
The weather department said that the maximum speed of the winds sustained around the cyclone have been recorded at 70-90km/hr, adding that they are expected to reach 100kh/hr.
“The system is likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) during next 12-18 hours,” read the alert, adding that it can move in the north-northwest direction and reach the Indian city of Gujarat by the morning of May 18.
The Met office further stated that under the influence of this system, widespread raindust/thunderstorm with few heavy to very heavy falls and gusty winds of 70-90 Kmph are likely to occur in Thatta, Badin, Thar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot & Sanghar districts from 17 May to 20 May 2021.
“Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Dadu are expected to receive raindust/thunderstorm with few heavy falls and gusty winds of 40-60 km/h from May 18-20,” it added.
Meanwhile, in a separate notification, the Met department also issued a heatwave warning for Karachi from May 16 to May 17. “Hot/very hot weather is likely to occur during the next two days. Day time maximum temperature may rise to 40-42 degrees Celsius,” it said.
