𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍Jun 11, 2023

So freak extreme weather is making a comeback in Pakistan after 3 months of freak pleasant weather:

"At least 25 dead, 145 injured as torrential rain batters parts of KP: PDMA"

https://www.dawn.com/news/1759017/at-least-25-dead-145-injured-as-torrential-rain-batters-parts-of-kp-pdma

We also have "Cyclone #Biparjoy" bearing down on Karachi - a sea-level metropolis of almost 20 million people.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1758999/cyclone-biparjoy-now-910km-away-from-karachi

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At least 25 dead, 145 injured as torrential rain batters parts of KP: PDMA

Minister says hospitals put on high alert in affected areas; PM seeks report on relief activities, extent of damage.

DAWN.COM
Show thread𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍Jun 12, 2023

"Govt orders evacuations as #CycloneBiparjoy nears Pakistan’s coast, ‘cloudburst expected in Karachi’ "

“We will not request people but demand them to evacuate,” he told reporters, adding that the order was being issued through social media, mosques and radio stations.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1759332/govt-orders-evacuations-as-cyclone-biparjoy-nears-pakistans-coast-cloudburst-expected-in-karachi

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Govt orders evacuations as Cyclone Biparjoy nears Pakistan’s coast, ‘cloudburst expected in Karachi’

PMD says Biparjoy now 550km away from Karachi; DHA Karachi recommends voluntary evacuation for residents of Seaview and Darakhshan.

DAWN.COM
Show threadLaura Sykes #GreeneraliaJun 13, 2023
@SiR_GameZaloT
The thought of evacuating Karachi (now over 17m population)! It's a mind-blowing concept - where would they go to? Fresh water, shelter, food?
Show thread𝐃𝐫. 𝕵𝖎𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖑L ₲Ⱬ₮ 🌍

@greeneralia the State Gov is mindful of that. They are compulsarily evacuating only coastal villages directly facing the storm surge along the Sindh coast.

#Karachi's coastline is mostly captured by elite residential societies, or ports/power plants/naval bases, none of whom will evacuate.

A 'voluntary evacuation' has been announced for them, rest of the city been advised to hunker down.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1759516/evacuations-under-way-as-biparjoy-draws-nearer-to-sindhs-coastal-belt

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Evacuations under way as Biparjoy draws nearer to Sindh’s coastal belt

According to the latest advisory, the cyclone has weakened to a "very severe cyclonic storm” and is now 470km south of Karachi; 4 dead as India steps up evacuations.

DAWN.COM
Jun 13, 2023 at 9:51amWeb
Show threadLaura Sykes #GreeneraliaJun 13, 2023
@SiR_GameZaloT
Yes, I see that my happy home of many years, Clifton (Acton House and then Runnymede), with its mica-grey sands and camel rides is named as one of the areas most at risk.
I am now 74 & had assumed I would be safely dead before the worst of the #ClimateCrisis took effect, but it seems that might be optimistic.
I had also assumed that the situation would gradually worsen overall, but wind, sea and temperature are increasingly anarchic...
Show threadLaura Sykes #GreeneraliaJun 13, 2023
@SiR_GameZaloT
Thank-you for the further link...it does seem that the trajectory of the cyclone has 'bent' south so that it looks set to make landfall south of Karachi proper and north of Bombay.