Portion of Chah Bahar Port washed away
CHAH BAHAR, IRAN: High tidal ways and stormy winds had washed away a portion of the Chah Bahar Port in Iranian Balochistan on Friday noon.
According to local residents reached by telephone from Quetta on Friday night, very high tides had lashed the Port and damaged the structure in a big way. Most of the fishing and other vessels anchored in the jetty of Chah Bahar Port had been damaged extensively. No official was available to confirm the reports or explain the extent of damage in cyclone.
Rains continued to pour from morning and it was continuing till late in the night inundating low-lying areas of this port township of Iranian Balochistan.
Chah Bahar is over 100 kilometers from Pakistani coastal township of Jiwani and it was the main hub of cyclone that lashed the Iranian coast on Friday.
Residents confirmed high velocity of winds in the open sea indicating that the cyclone “Phet” is changing the direction and the rains in the townships is occasionally accompanied by the stormy winds.
Similar reports are emerging from other coastal townships of Iranian Balochistan, including Konaruk and Jask, close to the Straits of Hormuz.

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