ISLAMABAD – A low-pressure area in the East Arabian Sea has strengthenedinto a depression, which will likely to strengthen further into a TropicalCyclone during next 36 hours.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre of the weather department has informed thatthe well-marked low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea has been at a distanceof about 1500 km south of Karachi, the department said in a statement.
The cyclonic activity lay centred around Latitude 11.7N and Longitude 71.0E.
The system is likely to move initially North or Northwest-ward andstrengthen further into a Tropical Cyclone during next 36 hours,highlighting the trajectory of the cyclonic activity, the centre said.
Currently, none of Pakistan’s coastal area is under threat from thissystem, the statement further said.
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The met office has advised the fishermen of Sindh coastal belt to remainalert and not to venture in deep sea.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has advised authorities andstakeholders to remain abreast of the updates about the cyclonic activity.
