INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Latest Satellite Image: Pak MetCyclone Vayu, which has caused severe heatwave in the coastal areas along the Arabian Sea in India and
Pakistan including Karachi, is currently located about 130 km southwest of Porbandar (Indian Gujarat).According to Indian Meteorological
Department, ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm& Tropical Cyclone Vayu is moving west-northwestwards skirting the Saurashtra coast affecting
Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka with wind speed 60-70 kmph.Director Pakistan Meterologocal Department Sardar Sarfaraz, told Geo News that the
system was 500 kms away from Karachi.Briefing media, Deputy Commissioner Badin Abdul Hafeez Sayal, said they have been informed that the
cyclone has lost its intensity but we have made all the necessary arrangements.Karachi weatherAn official of the PMD told The News that
cyclonic system was the cause of the hot and humid conditions in Karachi and the adjoining areas as it was depriving the coastal city of the
sea breeze.They added that the hot and humid weather would continue on Friday and Saturday.&Very hot and humid weather is expected in
Karachi on Friday too with the temperature ranging between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius
Humidity would be around 60-70 percent in the morning and around 30-40 percent in the evening, making it very uncomfortable for the people,&
a Met Office official said.All the health facilities and emergency services in the city were on high alert and the concerned authorities
were all prepared to cope up with the situation.An official of the Sindh health department said all the leading tertiary-care hospitals,
including Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), KM Ruth Pfao Civil Hospital Karachi and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Trauma Centre,
as well as some private health facilities had been put on high alert due to the cyclone warning as well as chances of a severe heatwave in
the city.The senior director health and medical services of the KMC, Dr Birbal Genani, also said all the KMC-run health facilities had been
put on high alert and the leaves of medical and paramedical staff cancelled
He added that they were fully prepared to deal with any eventuality in the city.Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani also reviewed
arrangements for the implementation of contingency plans made by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, district administrations, the
KMC, the DMCs, the Pakistan Navy, cantonment boards and other departments to cope with the tropical cyclone and the
heatwave.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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