Abdul Sumra News Today

Nearly 940 villages were plunged into darkness as the cyclonic storm disrupted power supplies in several parts along the Gujarat coast.

Fifty-five-year-old Ram Parmar and 22-year-old Rajesh were swept away in a flooded stream while trying to save their herd of sheep from drowning in Sodvadar village.

Naliya and Jakhau in Abdasa and Dayapar in Lakhpat are the worst affected areas as per primary reports, Kutch District Collector Amit Arora said.

On Monday, the state government evacuated around 80 people — all of them fishermen — from the Jakhau port as Biparjoy, the cyclonic storm blowing in the northeast Arabian Sea, is headed towards the port in Godiya creek on the Kutch coast.

The staff at Jakhau Marine police station left the station building; media persons asked to move to safety; only a few Coast Guard personnel were left at the port.

As it entered the landmass, around 6.30 pm on Thursday evening, with associated wind speeds of 115-125 kilometres per hour (kmph), it left behind a trail of destruction. Trees had fallen, electricity poles got uprooted, blocking roads and causing power outages.