ISLAMABAD: A mild wind pressure over the Arabian Sea has escalated into a severe cyclonic storm, Tej, which is likely to hit the Oman and Yemen coasts. As per the information, there is no imminent risk to Pakistan’s coastal region.
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a warning to all the deputy commissioners of Karachi said that the cyclone, previously situated in the southwestern Arabian Sea, has shifted its course to the west-northwest, intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm. Its current coordinates are approximately 11 degrees north latitude and 57 degrees east longitude, situated at a distance of roughly 1,880 kilometers southwest of Karachi, 1,670 kilometers south and southwest of Gwadar, and 750 kilometers south and southeast of Oman.
Maximum sustain surface winds are 100 to 110 kilometres per hour, with maximum wave height is 25 feet in the vicinity of its centre.
Due to conducive environmental conditions, the system is likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in the upcoming 24 hours and keep moving in the west and northwest directions along the Yemen-Oman coast.
