The department said the depression has intensified into Tropical Cyclone Tauktae and lay centered at a distance of about 1,460 kilometers south-southeast of Karachi. Only four cyclones of at least tropical storm strength have tracked within 70 miles of Karachi in records dating to 1902. A weakening Cyclone Phet was the last to do so as a tropical storm, then depression, in 2010. Day time maximum temperature may rise to 40-42 degrees Celsius and winds likely to blow from northeast/east especially on May 16 and May 17. “Tropical cyclone (Tauktae) has formed […] at a distance about 1,460km south-southeast of Karachi.

Source: Pakistan Today May 15, 2021 11:03 UTC