AHMEDABAD, India: Early warnings, accurate identification of vulnerable areas and timely evacuations helped India to avert major casualties from cyclone Biparjoy, which battered the west coast late
helped India to avert major casualties from cyclone Biparjoy, which battered the west coast late on Thursday , authorities said.
Yet the only deaths recorded were those of two shepherds who died while trying to prevent their cattle being swept away during heavy rains and floods, hours before the cyclone made landfall. "Early identification of areas that were likely to be impacted by the cyclone and timely evacuation of people living within 10km of the coasts are the biggest reasons ," said Kamal Dayani, a senior official in the Gujarat state government.
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