A cyclone hit the coast of Pakistan today killing at least ten people, cutting roads and stranding hundreds, but it spared the country's biggest city days after about 230 people were killed there in a storm.
Authorities in Pakistan and neighbouring India have evacuated thousands of people from low-lying areas after weekend storms and flooding killed nearly 400 people across the South Asian region.
Residents remove the debris of their house during torrential rain in Mubarak village, close to Karachi.
At least 10 people, including four children, have died, said provincial government spokesman Raziq Bugti.
Tropical cyclone Yemyin, packing winds of up to 80 miles per hour roared over the Arabian Sea to the south of Karachi and hit the thinly populated coast of Baluchistan province at about 11 a.m.
The storm hit land between Ormara, 250 km west of Karachi, and Pasni, 400 km west of the port city of 12 million people - Pakistan's biggest city - where about 230 were killed AT the weekend, many by wind that brought down slum houses.
Cyclone Yemyin dumped torrential rain but weakened rapidly as it moved inland, said chief meteorologist Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry.
Officials in Baluchistan province said thousands of people had been evacuated from low-lying areas, including from near a dam where the water level had risen dangerously. Communications with the worst-affected area was difficult, they said.
The storm had also washed away several bridges and some sections of a highway along the coast, officials said.
"About 400 people are stranded on the highway and we're trying our best to airlift some relief goods and food to them. At this point, there's no other way to reach them," said provincial official Syed Waqar Ali Asad.
Officials said some Hindu pilgrims visiting a temple had also been stranded by the weather but they were safe.
A navy spokesman said two fishing boats had been sunk but it was not known how many people were on board. Nineteen fishermen from two other boats had been rescued, while a rescue ship had been sent to help a merchant ship and a tug with it, he said.