KARACHI: Cyclone ‘Asna’ has started losing its intensity gradually, weakening into deep depression.

The Pakistan Meteorology Department (PMD) said that the cyclone is at the distance of 370 kilometres from Gwadar and 430 kilometres from Muscat.

The Arabian Sea is still in flood. The Met Office has advised the fishermen of Balochistan to avoid going to sea till tomorrow.

The PMD said that the cyclone would further weaken in the next 12 hours, adding that the deep depression is at the distance of 320 kilometres in the northeast of Amman.

Earlier on Friday, the PMD announced that a deep depression, slowly advancing from India’s Rann of Kutch toward the Arabian Sea. This depression, which was a strong low-pressure system, was expected to continue moving west-southwest along Sindh’s coastal region.

The PMD indicated that this low-pressure system might strengthen into a cyclonic storm on Friday if favorable environmental conditions persist.

PMD Director General Mehar Sahibzada Khan stated during a press conference that the cyclone, named Asna, developed near the Karachi-Gwadar coast and could cause heavy rainfall once it strikes the western coastal areas.

He explained that while cyclones typically move from sea to land, Asna was behaving oppositely. It was expected to intensify into a hurricane, with its effects becoming apparent next week.

Due to this cyclone, the country experienced above-normal rainfall, with the upper regions likely to see increased rainfall from September 2 to 4.