Cyclone Biparjoy
According to one NDMA report, a wind storm cyclone killed around 10,000 people in Karachi in 1965. But did it even happen?
Updated 11 Jul, 2023 05:11pm
Cyclonic winds, 24-hour downpour causes widespread devastation in many areas.
Published 18 Jun, 2023 07:06am
Met Office says fishermen of Balochistan can resume their activities from today and those of Sindh from tomorrow.
Updated 17 Jun, 2023 08:34pm
Murad Ali Shah says Sindh govt took effective measures to protect the life and property of the people living along the coastal belt.
Updated 17 Jun, 2023 11:44am
A met dept official says the maximum temperature overall across the city was recorded at 38.2°C with 60pc humidity.
Updated 17 Jun, 2023 11:46am
Ban on going into open sea lifted; seawater starts receding from Keti Bandar.
Updated 17 Jun, 2023 09:39am
UC chairman says city's "entire population" was evacuated when cyclone neared Sindh's coast.
Updated 17 Jun, 2023 09:00am
Academic exams to resume from tomorrow in city; Sindh CM says "life returning to normal" along the coastline.
Updated 16 Jun, 2023 10:17pm
Karachi may not have been directly in the line of the cyclone’s wrath, but the public’s attitude left much to be desired anyway.
Updated 16 Jun, 2023 11:59am
In many coastal villages of Thatta and Sujawal districts, high tides triggered by cyclone Biparjoy cause damage to many thatched houses.
Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:15am
Winds up to 125kmph recorded on India’s shoreline; Biparjoy on course to becoming longest-lived weather system in Arabian Sea.
Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:14am
PMD says landfall to complete by midnight; chief meteorologist says no areas in Pakistan directly hit by cyclone yet but some "came under its outer periphery".
Updated 16 Jun, 2023 12:55am
Sherry Rehman calls on citizens to refrain from "disaster tourism", insists evacuations in coastal areas "not optional".
Published 15 Jun, 2023 07:26am
“Baba Ji guards against all storms … he will come through for us again, don’t you worry," a devotee says.
Updated 11 Jul, 2023 04:30pm
KARACHI: Police claimed to have arrested over two dozen persons for violating a ban under Section 144 of the ...
Published 15 Jun, 2023 07:03am
“We are constantly seeing cameras thrust into our faces since we arrived here this morning. Our children are miserable and crying. They are hungry,” says Sughra from Chashma Goth.
Updated 15 Jun, 2023 10:06am
Deciding to stay put, they recall past experiences when burglars targeted evacuated homes.
Updated 15 Jun, 2023 10:03am
“Back in 1999, people had died like fish,” recalls Wahab, a fisherman, who survived that cyclone.
Updated 15 Jun, 2023 10:26am
Possibility of suspending commercial flights at Karachi airport also under consideration.
Updated 15 Jun, 2023 08:35am
The cyclone has been hurtling towards the coast of Pakistan and India for days and is expected to make landfall between Keti Bandar in Sindh and Kutch in Indian Gujarat on Thursday evening.
Updated 15 Jun, 2023 12:13am
DHA spokesperson says only "voluntary evacuations underway"; Seaview residents complain authorities forcing them to vacate homes.
Updated 15 Jun, 2023 12:49am
Around 45,000 people have been evacuated from coastal areas in western Gujarat, India.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 04:20pm
Sherry Rehman says evacuations from coastal areas "not optional"; NDMA chairman says there's risk of urban flooding in Karachi.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 11:17pm
Officials say 80pc of vulnerable people shifted from three districts to 37 relief camps.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 10:17am
Cloudburst predicted in Karachi; work to remove giant billboards begins as strong, dusty winds hit city; people advised not to use dug-up roads.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 10:21am
Storms are given names to avoid confusion and help in the quick identification in warning messages.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 08:42am
Authorities on alert, thousands evacuated from vulnerable areas as several parts of Sindh witness showers, dust storms.
Published 14 Jun, 2023 07:00am
The Sindh government has evacuated a total of 26,855 people from the vulnerable Districts of Thatta, Badin, and Sujawal, Memon tweeted on Tuesday.
Updated 14 Jun, 2023 04:39pm
As Cyclone Biparjoy draws closer to the coastline, we trace all the cyclones that have impacted the country.
Updated 11 Jul, 2023 02:43pm
It's been an eventful day and it's only the afternoon!
Published 13 Jun, 2023 02:03pm
