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Pakistan's PM orders authorities to take emergency measures for Cyclone Biparjoy
The Hindu
In the wake of heavy rains in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Pakistan Meteorological Department issued an alert asking authorities to be prepared
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered officials to put in place emergency measures in advance for Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea which is likely to cause flooding and rainstorms in low-lying areas of Karachi and Sindh province.
The Prime Minister's orders came in the wake of heavy rains in various areas of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) also issued an alert asking authorities to be prepared for Cyclone Biparjoy.
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Earlier, experts predicted that the cyclone would spare Pakistan from any devastation and would only cause strong winds accompanied by rain in the coastal areas.
But the PMD issued an alert late on June 10 night which said the cyclone over the east-central Arabian Sea was maintaining its intensity and had further tracked north-northeastward during the past 12 hours.
It was 840 km away from the port city of Karachi and was heading towards the coastal areas of Sindh and Balochistan provinces.
The cyclone is intensifying into an extremely severe cyclonic storm and could get stronger in the next 24 hours, reported The Dawn newspaper.
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