Depression 450km away from Karachi
A sateellite image highlighting the distance and location of the system. — Pakistan Meteorological Department KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Saturday warned that the depression (intense low-pressure area) over the North Arabian Sea has moved in a west-southwest direction during the last 12 hours and is now located at a distance of about 450km southwest of Karachi. In its Alert-III, the Met Office said that the system is likely to move further westwards till today evening and then recurve northeastwards and weaken gradually. Maximum sustained surface winds are 45km per hour gusting to 55km per hour around the system centre. “Currently none of Pakistan's coastal area is under any threat from this weather system,” the Met Office alert said, adding that PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system and updates will be issued accordingly. Accordingly, it mentioned that sea conditions would remain very rough during the