Cyclone ravages Sindh coast, spares Karachi

The much-dreaded Cyclone Phet, which kept Karachiites on tenterhooks for a week, entered the city coastline without so much as a whimper on Sunday evening before heading peacefully towards Thatta’s shoreline.

The waves on Karachi beach appeared a shade more turbulent than normal,while their height was not particularly high either. The roar and thunder of tidal waves, as had been feared, luckily did not batter the city known for its fragile infrastructure.

But while the city was spared the fury of the cyclone, nature’s tantrums exhibited themselves in the shape of torrential rains and winds starting from Saturday midnight and continuing intermittently on Sunday.

There were some places where there was water, agreed, overall the city was well able to cope with the rain. Thanks, I guess to the city government’s efforts and Mustufa Kamal for giving us the infrastructure.

Cyclone Phet roared past Karachi and tore across the coastal belt of Sindh on Sunday evening after about a week-long, 1,100km journey from the central Arabian Sea.
After lashing the Makran coast, the cyclone caused torrential rainfall in Karachi, Thatta, Badin, Hyderabad and adjoining areas.