Power disrupted, heavy rains lash India, Pakistan after cyclone
AHMEDABAD, India/KARACHI – Roofs were blown off houses and trees and electric poles uprooted, leaving thousands without power as a severe cyclone made landfall and rain lashed both the Indian and Pakistani coasts early on Friday.
Biparjoy had weakened to a cyclonic storm from a severe cyclonic storm on Friday morning, India’s Meteorological Department said in its latest bulletin, with speeds going down from 105km to 85km.Two men, both shepherds, died while trying to rescue their cattle from being swept away during heavy rain and floods in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district on Thursday evening, the cyclone control room said.
Pakistan’s weather department advised the local authorities to remain on alert for expected heavy rain in some coastal areas until Saturday.
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