Pakistan: Cyclone Phet weakens before hitting Omani coast
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: Pakistan03 Jun 2010 19:36:08 GMT * May disrupt shipping; Oman Oil, LNG say so far unaffected * Cyclone seen hitting southeast Oman late on Thursday...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Tropical cyclone barrels towards Sindh's coast
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Bhagwandas KARACHI: As tropical cyclone Phet travels northwards towards Sindh's coastal areas and is expected to hit them on Friday waves in the sea...
View ArticleIndia: India: Over 8,000 evacuated as Cyclone Phet expected to hit Gujarat...
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaAHMEDABAD/PUNE: Alarm bells rang throughout Gujarat, as cyclone Phet intensified to a very severe cyclonic storm causing strong winds, thunderstorm and rainfall...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Cyclone Phet losing intensity: Met office
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Bhagwandas KARACHI: The intensity of tropical cyclone Phet is expected to subside when it hits the country's coastal areas on Sunday, according to...
View ArticleOman: Cyclone kills two, halts oil and gas in Oman
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: Oman, PakistanOil production halted due to rough seas-PDO spokesman * All LNG trains in Oman to be shut down-Oman LNG spokesman * Phet forecast to...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan warns of Cyclone Phet danger
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanKARACHI: Pakistan issued a danger warning Friday over Cyclone Phet, which may hit the coast packing winds of 120 kilometres an hour, as relief workers...
View ArticleOman: Cyclone Phet death toll rises to 16 in Oman
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: OmanMUSCAT, June 5 (Reuters) - Cyclone Phet killed a total of 16 people in Oman on Friday and wounded dozens more, state television and medical...
View ArticlePakistan: Cyclone Phet bears down on Pakistan after hitting Oman
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Bhagwandas KARACHI: The meteorological department recommended on Friday immediate evacuation from low-lying coastal areas, particularly in...
View ArticleOman: Life returning to normal in Oman after tropical cyclone
Source: Kuwait News AgencyCountry: OmanMUSCAT, June 6 (KUNA) -- Life is going back to normal in Oman after Tropical Cyclone Phet, as the country works hard to repair damage to the state's...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Heavy rain batters Gwadar, cyclone eyes Karachi
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Saleem Shahid and Bhagwandas QUETTA / KARACHI: Widespread torrential rains, accompanied by cyclonic winds, lashed the Makran coast and parts of...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Around 160 relief camps set up across Karachi - Ibad
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanKARACHI: Governor Sindh Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday said 38,000 people have been shifted to safer places due to torrential rains. Ibad was speaking to...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Rain wreaks havoc along Makran coast
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Torrential rains coupled with gusty winds paralysed coastal districts of Gwadar and Lasbela, disrupted power supply and brought...
View ArticlePakistan: Phet moves past Karachi, hits Thatta 11 dead as rains, storm lash...
Source: Frontier PostCountry: PakistanKARACHI: The tropical cyclone, Phet, on Sunday crossed Karachi and moved towards Thatta with a speed of 25 to 30 kilometers per hour but rains which lashed Karachi...
View ArticleIndia: India: Health dept to set up control room in Jaipur, flood-hit dists
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaJAIPUR: Heavy rain, which battered western Rajasthan, has forced the health department to swing into action on Tuesday. The department has decided to set up a...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: People displaced by Phet return home - NDMA
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanISLAMABAD: Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lieutenant General (Retired) Nadeem Ahmed, said that all people displaced by the...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Rains damage millions of tons of wheat in Sindh
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanBy Saleem Shaikh KARACHI: A huge quantity of recently procured wheat has been damaged during recent rains in many parts of the province, while quality...
View ArticlePakistan: PAKISTAN: Evacuations begin as Cyclone Phet closes in
Source: The New HumanitarianCountry: PakistanKARACHI, 4 June 2010 (IRIN) - As coastal areas in the southern Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan braced for Cyclone Phet, currently approaching...
View ArticlePakistan: PAKISTAN: Balochistan cyclone-affected protest slow response
Source: The New HumanitarianCountry: PakistanGWADAR, 13 June 2010 (IRIN) - Local residents in the devastated southwestern port town of Gwadar, in Balochistan Province, are up in arms over what they say...
View ArticlePakistan: PAKISTAN: Cyclone-hit communities brace for monsoon
Source: The New HumanitarianCountry: PakistanKETI BANDAR, 30 June 2010 (IRIN) - Experts have warned that coastal communities in the southern Pakistan province of Sindh, already affected by Cyclone Phet...
View ArticleIndia: India: Cyclone 'Phet' to hit Gujarat
Source: Times of IndiaCountry: IndiaTNN, Jun 2, 2010, 04.58am IST AHMEDABAD/RAJKOT: Gales blowing at a speed of 55 kmph and thunderstorm claimed two lives and injured seven in Rajkot district on...
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