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Pakistan Issues Warning Over Cyclone Biparjoy

by VOA News

   The Pakistan Meteorological Department said Sunday that Cyclone
   Biparjoy, a "very severe cyclonic storm," is over the east-central
   Arabian Sea. It is "maintaining its intensity" and is located about 840
   kilometers south of Karachi, 830 kilometers south of Thatta and 930
   kilometers southeast of Ormara.

   Biparjoy is traveling with maximum sustained winds of 130 to 140 kph,
   with maximum wave heights between 7.5 and 8.5 meters.

   The weather forecasters say Biparjoy could evolve into an "extremely
   severe cyclonic storm."

   The Pakistan Meteorological Department predicts Biparjoy will "most
   likely" travel in a north-northeast direction toward Southeast
   Sindh-Indian Gujarat coast.