( CNN ) -- Seven people were electrocuted during heavy storms that hit the port city of Karachi after Cyclone Phet battered parts of southern Pakistan on Sunday , a provincial health chief told CNN . Phet lashed Pakistan 's southwestern coast early Sunday as it approached landfall . The Pakistani navy dispatched helicopters throughout the weekend to alert fishermen near Karachi and parts of Balochistan of the cyclone . About 1,000 people were rescued from Gwadar by Pakistani authorities and taken to a navy shelter on Saturday . Dr. Sagheer Ahmed , health minister of Sindh province , had no other details on the electrocutions . Also Saturday , officials safely brought 24 fishing boats and 129 fishermen back to shore , the Associated Press of Pakistan reported . The navy remained on high alert Sunday , should they be needed in the aftermath of the cyclone . Civilians along Pakistan 's coast will receive priority in the relief effort , dubbed `` Operation Madad , '' said Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Nauman Bashir . On Friday , Phet dumped up to 25 centimeters ( 10 inches ) of rain on coastal Oman . It brought massive flooding to Muscat and whipped the capital with winds gusting above 200 kph ( 125 mph ) at the height of the storm .
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