MANDVI, India: Howling gales and crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday (Jun 15) as Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall, with more than 175,000 people fleeing the storm'
Indian forecasters have warned that Biparjoy, whose name means"disaster" in Bengali, was likely to devastate homes and tear down power lines as it barrels through the western state of Gujarat.
The United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast the storm would continue overnight into Pakistan's Sindh province, home to the port megacity of Karachi. India's meteorologists warned of the potential for"widespread damage", including the destruction of crops,"bending or uprooting of power and communication poles" and disruption of railways and roads.The Gujarat state government said 94,000 people had relocated from coastal and low-lying areas to shelter.
The shanty settlement of hundreds of thatched homes was populated mainly by stray cats and wild dogs, with at least a hundred idle fishing boats tethered to a long pier running out to the ocean.On Wednesday, Rehman said the coming storm was"a cyclone the likes of which Pakistan has never experienced".
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