Cyclone Biparjoy: 2 killed, 23 injured, trees uprooted; power outages in nearly 950 Gujarat villages. 10 updates
Cyclone Biparjoy updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel over the phone and took stock of the situation.
Destructive cyclone Biparjoy, which packed high wind speeds and brought heavy rain, caused complete disruption of life in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday
as trees were uprooted in large numbers, power failure was reported in many areas, but it began weakening in the early hours of Friday as it moved north.
At least 23 people were also injured as the 'very severe' cyclonic storm made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas on Thursday evening,
the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF said, adding that two persons were killed before the cyclone made landfall.
Cyclone Biparjoy lay centred over the Saurashtra-Kutch region, 30 km north of Naliya till 2.30am.
It was expected to move northeastwards and weaken into a cyclonic storm by early morning on Friday,
and into a depression by the same evening over south Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department or IMD said.
and into a depression by the same evening over south Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department or IMD said.