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Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 13:46 GMT 14:46 UK
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Cyclone adds to Pakistan misery
Many people have been left with nowhere to live
Thousands of people have been evacuated from along Pakistan's Arabian
Sea coast to escape a cyclone which is bringing more chaos to the
south of the country.
The navy is searching for a number of boats missing or sunk in the
storms.
But officials say cyclone Yemyin is losing strength as it moves north-
west. It is not expected to affect Karachi.
Heavy rain in Pakistan's biggest city in recent days has left at
least 200 dead. Reports of damage to coastal areas near Karachi are
still coming in.
Emergency
Cyclone Yemyin made landfall in Balochistan province at about 1100
local time (0600 GMT) on Tuesday, bringing rain and winds of up to
80mph (130 kph).
It was the worst storm I have seen in my life
Arman Sabir
Karachi resident
Your stories from Karachi
Human cost of storms
Meteorologists predicted widespread rain and winds with local
flooding in coastal and southern Balochistan until late on Tuesday
evening.
Heavy flooding has been reported in and around the town of Pasni,
about 400km (250 miles) west of Karachi, and water has also washed
away part of the coastal highway linking southern Balochistan with
the rest of the country.
Fishermen say more than 200 fishing boats anchored along the coast
have been destroyed in the storms.
Warnings of coastal flooding have prompted many people to leave their
homes.
The mayor of the port of Gwadar said most of its 120,000 residents
had moved to higher ground.
"We have imposed an emergency in the district and asked the army and
other forces to be on alert," Mayor Abdul Ghaffar Hoth told the
Associated Press news agency.
Unconfirmed reports say a number of Hindu pilgrims may have been
killed in the heavy rains in Lasbella district as they travelled to a
shrine.
Out to sea, Pakistan Navy vessels and helicopters are searching for
dozens of people reported missing in the storms.
A navy spokesman said at least one fishing trawler had sunk and its
12 crew members had been rescued by a navy vessel.
Destruction
Days of heavy rain in southern India and Pakistan have left several
hundred people dead.
In pictures: Karachi rain
Much of Karachi, which has been worst hit by the weather, is still
without power and water.
Officials have been evacuating residents from shanty towns in the
city, where badly-built homes collapsed or were washed away by the
torrential rain.
More than 140 have been killed in the rains in India, where people
are also being moved from low-lying areas with more flooding forecast
in many areas.
There have also been a number of deaths in Afghanistan.
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