Cyclone Biparjoy kills 2, uproots power lines after landfall in India, churns toward Pakistan
Cyclone Biporjoy is churning through coastal India toward Pakistan with lashing rain and gusts of up to 105 kph (65 mph)
MANDVI, India (AP) — Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea Friday in western India before aiming its lashing winds and rain at part of Pakistan that suffered devastating floods last year.
A man and his son died trying to save their livestock in Gujarat state, where the storm came ashore late Thursday after more than 180,000 people took shelter in the two countries.
The storm made landfall a night earlier, packing windspeeds of 85 kph (53 mph), gusting up to 105 kph (86 mph) through the coastal regions of western India’s Gujarat state. Pakistani authorities were on high alert after evacuating 82,000 people.
The full extent of the damage in western India was not immediately known. In addition to the two deaths, three people were injured in nearby Devbhoomi Dwarka district, officials said. About 100,000 people evacuated in western India have been temporarily relocated to relief camps, authorities said.
