Cyclone Biparjoy: Pakistan and India on High Alert as Authorities Prepare for Today’s Landfal

The TDTOP Report that Authorities in Pakistan and neighboring India are on alert as they prepare for the arrival of Cyclone Biparjoy near their waters today (Thursday) evening.

Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name is the Bengali word for “disaster” is currently moving through the Arabian Sea, forcing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people in both countries. Cyclonic storms pose a serious threat, can cause extensive damage to homes and disrupt power lines.

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) said the cyclone has moved north-northeast in the past six hours and is now about 230 km south of Karachi, 235 km and south of Karachi. south of Thatta and 155 kilometers south-southwest of Keti Bandar. . With winds forecast to reach 160 kilometers per hour, sea conditions near the center of the storm are extremely dangerous, with waves reaching up to 30 feet in height, according to disaster management officials. said the body.

The NDMA further said that when the typhoon made landfall near Keti Bandar in southeastern Sindh, it was expected to generate gusts of 100 to 120 per hour, reaching 140 kilometers per hour. . India’s meteorologist Mahesh Palawat said that Biparjoy has become a long-lasting cyclone in the Arabian Sea, where it has been for nine days. The previous record, set in 1998, was less than eight days.