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LAHORE: Pakistan’s encounter with cyclones began on July 10, 1894, when a typhoon made landfall in Sindh. The next year, a strong storm hit the Makran Coast of Balochistan. These results provide information on the cyclonic influence in 1947 split zones.
Cyclones that do develop in the Arabian Sea, a part of the north Indian Ocean, are uncommon but often steer clear of Pakistan’s 1,046-kilometer Arabian Sea coastline and instead go towards western India.
Weather websites claim that the term “cyclone” has Greek origins and means “coil of a snake.”
It is well known that strong cyclones, which resemble a snake’s coil, have the terrible ability to kill millions of snakes.
The timeline and chronology in this context are as follows:
Cyclones were reported by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in May 1901 for Balochistan, May 1902, June 1906, and June 1907 for Karachi. In the meanwhile, the storm of September 1926 had crossed into Pakistan from Indian Gujarat.
In 1936, a cyclone occurred in June and July, while in 1944, a cyclone in July left 10,000 people homeless in Karachi. In June 1948, there was a single storm that affected the area. A hurricane that struck Hyderabad and Tharparkar in June 1964 killed 450 people and left nearly 400,000 people homeless.
On December 15, 1965, a hurricane hit Karachi, resulting in 10,000 fatalities and an estimated $4.1 million worth of damage. A storm that struck East Pakistan in 1970 claimed the lives of 500,000 people. Although Karachi, Pakistan’s port city, was still several hundred kilometers away, the cyclonic storm that had formed over the sea in May 1985 had weakened and was making its way towards the city.
Near the Gujarat-Sindh border, the storm that occurred in November 1993 had subsided. But it resulted in flooding and heavy rain in Karachi. Archives show that Karachi, Thatta, Keti Bandar, and Badin were the areas most severely impacted. Six09 people lost their lives as a consequence of the storm, and around 200,000 more homes were destroyed.
A storm originating in Gujarat, India, in June 1998 electrocuted twelve individuals in Pakistan. In May 1999, a storm that hit Keti Bandar’s coastline left 6,200 people dead.
Relief money of at least $1 million were set aside to deal with the devastation and fallout from the disaster. The cities worst hit were Hyderabad, Badin, Umer Kot, Mirpur, Thatta, Tharparkar, and Badin.
Over 100,000 people had to be evacuated from southeast Pakistan in May 2001 due to a strong storm in the Arabian Sea. Nine people lost their lives when Cyclone Onil, the first named storm to hit the Indian Ocean, hit Karachi in October 2004 and brought with it strong winds and a lot of rain.
At least two people have died from electrocution as a consequence of power outages and flooded streets. Cyclone Gonu struck Gwadar in June 2007 and delivered rain and severe gusts. A number of boats sustained damage, and the nearby school buildings also sustained damage. This storm not only destroyed $4 billion worth of property but also took 100 lives in Oman, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.
On June 24, 2007, Cyclone Yemyin killed 200 people in Karachi alone. Over 200 people lost their life in Karachi as a result of strong winds and heavy rains, according to BBC News. The city saw 17.7 mm of rain. Another 300 people died as this storm hit Balochistan, close to the towns of Pasni and Ormara. The storm is the third deadliest in Pakistani history, with a total of 730 fatalities and 2 million fatalities.
Cyclone Phyan caused severe gusts to hit Karachi’s shoreline in November 2009. In June 2010, Cyclone Phet dumped 370 mm of rain and destroyed 10,000 buildings in Gwadar alone. This storm claimed the lives of at least eighteen people in Pakistan: seven from falling walls and eleven from electrocution. The estimated cost of the damage was $80 million.
Four people were killed by a typhoon in Karachi in May 2021, and one person was murdered in Orangi by hurricane Shaheen in September 2021, which hit Karachi with strong gusts and heavy rain.
