Cyclone Biparjoy aftermath: 1,000 villages in Gujarat without power; trees uprooted, houses damaged

The landfall process of the Cyclone Biparjoy has started at the coastal districts of Saurashtra and Kutch. It is a “very severe cyclonic storm” with maximum wind speed reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour. So far 94,000 people living in vulnerable areas have been evacuated, authorities have said. The administration has shifted people from nearly 120 villages located between zero and 10 km from the seashore in Kutch district. Army, Navy and IAF teams are on standby for relief operations. #CycloneBiparjoy #Gujarat #BiparjoyAlert ~HT.98~ED.101~PR.151~