Pakistan i Department of Meteorology has said on Saturday that Hurricane ‘asna’ Karachi has moved away from which the danger of cyclone has been avoided in the coastal areas of Pakistan.
According to the Department of Meteorology, the tropical cyclone ‘Asna’, formed over the run-off of Kuch in India, has started to move away from Karachi, but under its influence, light and heavy rains are likely to continue in Sindh and Balochistan, including Karachi, till tonight. While there will be flooding in the sea due to the storm.
According to the alert issued by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Center of the Meteorological Department in Karachi on Saturday morning, the tropical cyclone has been moving from the coast of Sindh towards Oman since last night.
According to the Centre, by morning, the cyclone is 200 km south-east of Karachi, 220 km from Balochistan city of Ormara and 380 km from Gwadar.
Director of Meteorological Department Sardar Sarfaraz while talking to Independent Urdu said that the threat of tropical cyclone has been removed from the coasts of Pakistan. The storm is headed towards Oman, but this tropical cyclone is unlikely to make landfall.
“However, under the influence of this storm, there is a possibility of rain in different districts of Sindh and Balochistan.”
According to Sardar Sarfaraz: ‘There will be flooding in the sea, fishermen of Sindh and Balochistan should avoid going to the sea on Saturday and Sunday.’
On the other hand, heavy rains with strong winds were recorded in different areas of Karachi on Saturday morning due to the impact of the cyclone.
Sadar, Clifton, Maripur, Defense and other places recorded light and heavy rain.
In Sindh’s Dadu district, the rain-fed river ‘Nayan Gaj’ was inundated yesterday due to the trains coming from Kherthar mountain range. Due to which many villages came under water.
Asif Jamali, a local journalist of Juhi, told Independent Urdu that ‘the water level of Naingaj has decreased on Saturday, but many small and big cities and villages are still under it.’
Regarding the weather across the country, the Meteorological Department has said that there is a possibility of rain with thunder in most of the plains and upper districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar.
While according to the police spokesperson of Kuchchi district of Balochistan, the road to Bolan Harak Kazba was closed after heavy rain.
285 deaths during monsoon this year: NDMA
According to the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 20 people died, 47 were injured and 45 houses were damaged in Pakistan after heavy rain yesterday.
According to the data provided to Independent Urdu by the NDMA spokesperson, two deaths and eight houses were damaged in Pakistan-administered Kashmir due to the rains in different parts of the country on Friday, and one person died in Sindh. 13 injured, 24 houses damaged.
According to NDMA, five deaths, 32 injuries and 24 houses were damaged in Punjab, 12 people including women and children were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one injured and two houses were damaged and one person was killed in Balochistan.
According to NDA data, 285 deaths were recorded in various rain-related incidents during monsoon this year from July 1 to August 30.
29 people lost their lives in Balochistan, 88 in KP, 106 in Punjab, 50 in Sindh, four in Gilgit, Baltistan and eight in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
When will the monsoon end this year?
According to Director Meteorological Department Sardar Sarfraz, this year monsoon will reach its end in the first week of September.
According to Sardar Sarfaraz: ‘Another spell of rain is expected on September 3 and 4, for which an early advisory has been issued and the monsoon is likely to end in Pakistan in the first week of September.’
‘Extraordinary monsoon’ this year due to climate change
According to Dr. Ghulam Rasool, former Director General of Pakistan Meteorological Department and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the World Meteorological Organization, this year’s monsoon was ‘unusual’ due to climate change and the country witnessed some ‘unusual meteorological phenomena’ during the monsoon this year. went
Talking to Independent Urdu, Dr. Ghulam Rasool said that ‘If you look at the timing of the onset of monsoon this year, the monsoon started exactly as usual.
‘Monsoon in Pakistan usually starts in the first week of July and peaks in August, ending by mid-September.’
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According to Dr. Ghulam Rasool: ‘Monsoon started in Pakistan this year in July, but July rains were seven to 10 percent less than normal.
‘When the monsoon was at its peak in August, the heaviest rainfall was recorded, and it will continue till mid-September.’
According to him: ‘This year, Pakistan’s monsoon brought more than normal rains during August. An unusual thing this year was that the rainfall spread over a very wide area.
‘Normally rains occur in northern Pakistan like northern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and other areas, but this year more rains were seen in Sindh and Punjab.’
He said, ‘Monsoon rains in Pakistan usually reach Kashmir, but this year Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan and other areas also received rains, which is an unusual thing. Before this year monsoon rains were not seen till the glacier.
It is an unusual event to have a tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea in the month of August this year. Since 1890, a tropical cyclone has formed in the Arabian Sea only four times in August. This is the first time since 1960 that a tropical cyclone has formed in the Arabian Sea in August.
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2024-09-02 03:30:08
