KARACHI: Different parts of Karachi experienced intermittent rains on Saturday under the influence of cyclonic storm, Asna, in the Arabian Sea which moved further westward from the Sindh coast during the past six hours.
The areas which received moderate to heavy rains include Gurumandir, Numaish, Lasbela, Soldier Bazaar, Tariq Road, I I Chundrigar Road and its adjoining areas.
In its alert issued at 3:25pm today, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted rain-thundershowers with few heavy falls clubbed with squally winds in Karachi and other parts of Sindh.
The current weather conditions are impacts of the cyclonic storm which lies at a distance of about 300km southwest of Karachi, 230km south-southwest of Ormara and 300km southeast of Gwadar.
It also anticipated that the system is expected to track further west-southwestwards and posed no threat of making landfall on any coast.
Other than the port city, the weather department forecasted light to moderate rains accompanied by occasional gusty winders Badin, Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, T.M Khan, Matiari, Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh today.
In Balochistan, Hub, Lasbella, Awaran, Kech and Gwadar districts are likely to receive a heavy falls with squally winds (60-70kph) till tomorrow night. It also warned water logging in low-lying areas of Makran coast.
The PMD advised fishermen of Sindh not to venture into the open sea till tonight and those of Balochistan till tomorrow evening due to rough sea conditions with squally winds of 60-70kph gusting 80kph.
Chief Meteorologist Dr Sardar Sarfaraz told a private news channel that potential heavy rainfall and thunderstorms may hit various parts of Sindh and coastal districts of Balochistan.
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