NEW DELHI - Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall on India’s Gujarat coast near Pakistan border late on Thursday evening, India’s weather office said, as strong winds and heavy rain lashed coastal areas of the two countries.
“Landfall process is continuing and by midnight it will be completely over the land. Part of the eye is over the land,” the India Meteorological Department said, in its latest bulletin. India and Pakistan evacuated more than 180,000 people from the coastal areas to safety ahead of the cyclone. REUTERS
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