PAKISTAN-CYCLONE-EVACUATION

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Evacuations completed before Cyclone Biparjoy strikes – Pakistan Minister

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Pakistan’s Climate Minister Sherry Rehman says 81,925 people have been evacuated in the coastal areas.

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Shotlist:   ISLAMABAD , PAKISTAN           (JUNE 15, 2023)    (TNN  – ACCESS ALL)

1. PAKISTAN’S CLIMATE MINISTER SHERRY REHMAN SEATED FOR NEWS CONFERENCE
2. SYNOPTIC WEATHER MAP ON LARGE SCREEN SHOWING MOVEMENT OF CYCLONE BIPARJOY
3. (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu)  PAKISTAN’S CLIMATE MINISTER SHERRY REHMAN, SAYING:
“ The evacuations have been completed.  81,925 people have been evacuated in all the coastal areas. The Sindh government, NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) , PDMAs (Provincial Disaster Management Authorities) and all Pakistani coastal services and Pakistan Navy have been involved in this. Even the police force has been involved. Naturally, Rangers are also deployed.”
4. NDMA OFFICIALS
5. . (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu)  PAKISTAN’S CLIMATE MINISTER SHERRY REHMAN, SAYING:
“ The evacuations are complete. We tried our best to evacuate people in a comfortable manner, which was of course difficult, because it is difficult for everyone to leave their homes. I was asked this morning if people resisted. Yes, they resisted but that is natural. It is not a crime. People need to be told, and that is why we are trying to spread this information again and again. We are not spreading panic, just giving out information that precaution is always better.”

 

                     (VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SINDH)   (JUNE 14/ 15, 2023)   (ISPR- ACCESS ALL)

6. PANNING SHOT OF SOLDIERS WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS

7. VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS PUTTING PEOPLE ON TRUCKS

8. SOLDIER PUTTING CHILD IN TRUCK

9. VARIOUS STILL SHOTS OF MILITARY MEDICS TREATING SICK PEOPLE     

 

STORY: Authorities in Pakistan have evacuated 81,925  people from vulnerable coastal areas in the path of cyclone Biparjoy, which is expected to make landfall around midnight Thursday (June 15).

 

Climate Minister Sherry Rehman told a news conference in Islamabad that the evacuations had been completed.

“ The evacuations have been completed.  81,925 people have been evacuated in all the coastal areas. The Sindh government, NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) , PDMAs (Provincial Disaster Management Authorities) and all Pakistani coastal services and Pakistan Navy have been involved in this. Even the police force has been involved. Naturally, Rangers are also deployed,” she said.


She said she had activated medical services and have set up 87 medical units, and at least 63 evacuation camps have been set up.

 

The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan with maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 km (78-84 miles) per hour, gusting to 150 km (93 miles) per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.