Pakistan Issues Third Cyclone Alert as Arabian Sea Low Nears Karachi
PMD forecasts widespread rains this week with risks of urban flooding, hail, high‑mountain snowfall.
Overview
- The well‑marked low sits about 310 km southeast of Karachi and is forecast to strengthen into a depression while tracking west, with winds near 55 km/h and rough seas.
- Authorities advised fishermen off Sindh to avoid deep‑sea ventures through October 3 due to hazardous marine conditions.
- PMD gauges confirmed fresh rain across Karachi and parts of Sindh in the past 24 hours, including 34 mm at Karachi Airport Old Area and 30 mm at Faisal Base.
- A multi‑day wet spell from October 2–7 is expected as moist inflows interact with an approaching Western Disturbance, bringing widespread rain and scattered heavy falls from Sindh to Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit‑Baltistan.
- A Met Office spokesperson said the system that produced Tuesday’s showers has weakened yet remains active, with another Karachi rain spell possible on Friday and no immediate coastal threat at present.