Islamabad
\nCyclone Asna has moved further southwestward during the last 12 hours weakened into a deep depression and is likely to move further southwestwards and weaken gradually, according to a notification from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued on Sunday.
\nThe cyclone now lies Northwest over the Arabian Sea and is 350km southwest of Ormara, 370km south of Gwadar and 340km east-southeast of Musqat, Oman, PDM said in its last notification on the cyclone.
\nUnder the influence of its circulation, \u201csea conditions are likely to remain rough-very rough with squally winds of 40\/50 kilometres per hour gusting 60km\/h till tonight,\u201d the notification said.
\nWhile fishermen in Balochistan were advised not to venture into the open sea till tonight, those of Sindh were given the green light to resume their activities from today.
\nSeparately \u2014 in an update on 2:29pm \u2014 PMD informed that rain was expected in the Karachi division on Monday (September 2) and Tuesday (September 3), adding that areas such as Sukkur, Larkano, Khairpur, Dadu, Jacobabad, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar could receive heavy downpour and lightning.
\n\u201cFarmers are advised to manage their activities keeping in view the weather forecast,\u201d a statement from the Met Office said. \u201cTravelers and tourists are advised to remain extra cautious and manage their travelling according to weather conditions and avoid any untoward situation during the wet spell,\u201d it added
\nOn Thursday, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab warned citizens against unnecessary movement as more rain was expected due to a potential cyclone over the Rann of Kutch in India, which was likely to emerge along the Sindh coast on Friday morning.
\nAccording to a PMD alert issued at 10pm on Thursday, a deep depression over the Rann of Kutch had very slowly moved west\/southwest over the past 12 hours and lay around 250 kilometres east\/southeast of Karachi.
\nOn Friday, the deep depression was situated approximately 170 kilometres from Karachi, which made Pakistan\u2019s coastal areas brace for rains as the storm system intensified into Cyclone Asna over the northeast Arabian Sea along Sindh\u2019s coast.
\nOn Saturday, Cyclone Asna steered away from Pakistan\u2019s coastline \u2014 lying about 370 kilometres away from Karachi \u2014 but residents of Balochistan\u2019s coastal belt still braced for expected rains brought by the weather system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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