10 Kills Pakistan | Cyclone "Phet" Hits Pak's Coast

Ten people died and thousands were made homeless by tropical cyclones Phet brought heavy rain and flooding in Pakistan coast, officials said Monday. The main port in Karachi was spared most of the cyclone, which made landing 80 km south of Thatta district late Sunday.

"The cyclone is over," says Director of Meteorological Department Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry. "It is reduced to a wind pressure."



"Now the fishermen sailing in the ocean to catch fish," said Chaudhry, declare the coastal waters safe for navigation, while eliminating the possibility of further rain in the southern Sindh province. But he said the eastern Punjab province would get rain the next 24 hours.

More flights were canceled or delayed at Karachi International airport. About 20,000 people were stranded in Gawadar, a port city in southwestern province of Baluchistan, where 350 mm of rain fell in 24 hours.

Life has paralyzed Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, 15 million inhabitants, and in Hyderabad, the second largest city in Sindh province, and in smaller cities like Thatta Keti Bandar and along the coast of Pakistan in Sindh and Balochistan province southwest .