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MUMBAI - India evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to shelters along the coast in its western state of Gujarat as a cyclone gathering intensity over the Arabian Sea was expected to hit land on Thursday.
“We have started evacuation in coastal districts today morning,” a Gujarat disaster management official said on Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department warned the cyclone could hold up the progress of annual monsoon rains, as the storm drew rain clouds from over the sea. “But in case the course changes or intensifies, the refinery is ready for any contingency,” he added, declining to be identified as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd is preparing to move employees at two ports it runs to safer areas, a spokesman said.
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