Cyclone 03-A may hit lower Sindh today

A report from daily Times
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Cyclone may hit lower Sindh today

Staff Report

KARACHI: A strong intensity tropical cyclone 03-A is expected to hit the Sindh coast in the lower region of the province, the Met office said on Saturday evening.

A spokesman for the Met office said the cyclone was rising in intensity. He said the storm was moving at a velocity of 20 kilometres per hour and was heading in northeast direction. The spokesman said the storm was 325 km from Karachi and 225 km from Keti Bunder. He said there was nothing to worry about, but fishermen and residents of coastal areas had been asked to move to safe places.

Lower Sindh includes parts of Thatta, Mirpurkhas, Digri and Badin. The Met office said the coastal area of Keti Bunder would be the first to be hit by 03-A. He said the exact time of impact could not be known, adding the storm could hit Keti Bunder in the morning. “We have advised the Karachi Port Trust to take preventive measures. We have told them of the intensity of the storm,” the spokesman said. The Met office said the storm posed no serious danger to Karachi. He said the city would receive more rainfall accompanied by strong winds because of the cyclone.

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