Karachi s storm water drain cleaning in full swing: NDMA
Statement comes amid impending threat of cycle Tauktae hitting Pakistan s coastal regions in coming days
Pedestrians use wooden planks to cross over an open drainage. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The cleaning of storm water drains in Karachi is in full swing, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) claimed on Sunday following the looming threat of cyclone Tauktae hitting Balochistan and Sindh in the coming days.
According to the authority s spokesperson,14,900 tonne of garbage had been removed from the Mahmoodabad drain so far, whereas 153,031 tonne of garbage had been disposed of from the Orangi drain and 73,550 from the Gujjar Nullah.
Daily Times
May 16, 2021
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday warned that depression over the southeast Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Tauktae’.
According to the PMD, as of 0800 PST Saturday, the storm is approximately 1,460 kilometres south southeast of Karachi with maximum sustained winds of 70-90kmph and gusting up to 100kmph.
“The system is likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) during the next 12-18 hours and move in the north northwest direction and reach Indian Gujrat by May 18 morning,” said the PMD.
Due to the storm, widespread rains/thunderstorms with “few heavy to very heavy falls and gusty winds of 70-90kmph are likely to occur in Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Umerkot and Sanghar districts” of Sindh from May 17 to May 20. Effects of ‘Tauktae’ are already being felt in the coastal regions of India, with the state of Kerala reporting very heavy rainfall, according to Indian media.
Cyclone Tauktae threatens coastal regions of Pakistan, India
Rain, thunderstorms with few heavy falls and gusty winds 40 to 60kmph likely in Karachi
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The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday said the depression over the southeast Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm Tauktae .
According to the PMD, as of 0800 PST today, the storm is approximately 1,460 kilometres south southeast of Karachi with maximum sustained winds of 70-90kmph and gusting up to 100kmph. The system is likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) during the next 12-18 hours and move in the north northwest direction and reach Indian Gujrat by May 18 morning, said the PMD.