Share:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in its third alert on Tropical Cyclone Gulab in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday said that the cyclone has been at a distance of about 2,200km from Karachi. The Cyclonic Storm over west-central Bay of Bengal has moved westward during last 12 hrs and now lies centred around latitude 18.3N and longitude 87.2E. There is no threat to any coastal area of Pakistan from this system, the Met Office said. “Under the influence of this weather system rains are also expected in the southern parts of Pakistan including Karachi, after central India and Gujarat”. Tropical Cyclone ‘Gulab’ is the third cyclone of 2021 after ‘Tauktae’ and ‘Yaas’ that had formed in the pre-monsoon window of cyclones in the region in May this year.

Source: The Nation September 26, 2021 07:30 UTC