Muscat , Oman ( CNN ) -- Cyclone Phet weakened as it churned along coastal Oman Friday , dumping up to 25 centimeters ( 10 inches ) of rain on the region . Phet , once a powerful Category 4 storm , has been downgraded to Category 1 with winds of about 140 km/hr ( 86 mph ) , according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center . Yet Phet brought massive flooding to Muscat and whipped the capital with winds gusting above 200 km/hr ( 125 mph ) at the height of the storm . The storm is forecast to reenter the Arabian Sea late Friday or early Saturday before making a projected landfall near Karachi , Pakistan , Sunday . In Pakistan , authorities dispatched Navy helicopters to alert fishermen near Karachi and parts of Balochistan to the expected arrival of Cyclone Phet and to urge them to return to shore , the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported Thursday . Navy units were on high alert should they be needed in the aftermath of the cyclone . Fourteen families marooned Thursday by high tides were evacuated by helicopter to higher ground , said Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Nauman Bashir . Civilians along Pakistan 's coast will receive priority in the relief effort , dubbed `` Operation Madad , '' should it be needed , he said . The Pakistan navy secured its ships near the threatened areas , Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ( Operations ) Vice Adm. Abass Raza told reporters in Islamabad . `` All the assets of Pakistan navy are safe and necessary precautionary measures have been taken to ensure their safety in case cyclone Phet hits the coastal areas of country , '' he said .
Phet dumps heavy rain along coast of Oman . - Pakistan floods in the south and east, killing at least 50 people. Phet is forecast to hit Pakistan Sunday .