The powerful cyclone Biparjoy is expected to hit the India-Pakistan border on Thursday afternoon, where rescue teams have already managed to evacuate more than 146,000 people.
Cyclone Biparjoy, which means “disaster” in Bengali, is moving through the Arabian Sea towards the port of Jakhau, in the Indian state of Gujarat, and is expected to make landfall on Thursday on the coast between southern Pakistan and western Pakistan. India, according to meteorological services.
satellite animation shows #CiclonBiparjoyThe journey from a CC to a VSCS during its 11 day lifetime (9.6 as CS)
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In India, more than 74,000 people have been evacuated so far in eight districts of the coastal state of Gujarat, according to information provided on Wednesday night by the head of the state government, Bhupendra Patel, on the social network Twitter, after a meeting with emergency services.
For its part, “more than 72,000 people have been evacuated from areas under direct threat of the cyclone so far,” said Murtaza Wahab, spokesman for the government of Sindh province, in the south, on the border with India.
On Tuesday, Gujarat authorities said torrential rains and strong winds as the cyclone approached killed three people, two of them children, when a wall collapsed and a tree struck a woman.
In 2021, the same region was hit by Cyclone Tauktae, which killed more than 150 people and caused extensive damage.
Cyclones are a common threat on the northern shores of the Indian Ocean, where tens of millions of people live.
According to scientists, these phenomena tend to become more violent due to global warming.
Source: TSF
