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Met office issues alert as tropical cyclone Vayu intensifies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department has issued an alert as tropical cyclone  named “Vayu” in the East Arabian Sea intensified as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) and moved further north-northwestward during last 6 hours.

According to the Met Office, Vayu is likely to continue to move in northerly direction.

Under the influence of this system, widespread Dust/Thunder-showers with scattered heavy to very heavy falls are expected in southeast Sindh (Thatta, Badin and Tharparkar districts) on Thursday and Friday.

While scattered/isolated Dust-thundershowers may occur in rest of Sindh during the period.

The sea breeze is likely to remain cutoff on Thursday-Friday (13-14 June) which can lead to heatwave like conditions in coastal areas of Sindh including Karachi.

 

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.