The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Sunday warned that a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Biparjoy is gaining strength and has now turned into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) in the Arabian Sea moving northward in the last 12 hours.

The cyclone now lies near latitude 18.1°N and longitude 67.5°E at a distance of about 760 kilometres south of Karachi, 740 kilometres south of Thatta and 840 kilometres southeast of Ormara.

According to Dr Sardar Sarfaraz, the chief meteorologist of PMD in Sindh, the cyclone system will maintain its northward trajectory. Maximum sustained surface winds are 150-160 kilometres per hour with gusts 180 kilometres per hour around the system centre within and sea conditions are phenomenal around the system canter with maximum wave height 35 to 40 feet.The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Sunday warned that a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Biparjoy is gaining strength and has now turned into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) in the Arabian Sea moving northward in the last 12 hours.

The cyclone now lies near latitude 18.1°N and longitude 67.5°E at a distance of about 760 kilometres south of Karachi, 740 kilometres south of Thatta and 840 kilometres southeast of Ormara.

According to Dr Sardar Sarfaraz, the chief meteorologist of PMD in Sindh, the cyclone system will maintain its northward trajectory. Maximum sustained surface winds are 150-160 kilometres per hour with gusts 180 kilometres per hour around the system centre within and sea conditions are phenomenal around the system canter with maximum wave height 35 to 40 feet.