PHOTO: REUTERSAs expected, powerful tropical cyclone Biparjoy slightly nudged towards northeast on Wednesday, sparing the metropolis of Karachi from its hit, and kept on barrelling towards the India-Pakistan border to make the landfall on Thursday (today). Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said that because of evolving nature of the cyclone, the landfall was expected in the morning, against the earlier forecast of the landfall in the afternoon. According to the latest alert issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the cyclone moved closer to Sindh’s coast. According to the PMD, cyclone Biparjoy – the name means ‘disaster’ in Bengali language – has reached within the distance of 300kms in south-southwest of Thatta, 240kms south-southwest of Keti Bandar and 280km from India’s Jakhau port. Read more Cyclone Biparjoy leaves fishermen unemployedHub and Lasbela districts of Balochistan’s could also witness dust and thunderstorm-rain and isolated heavy falls during this time, the forecast said.
