At least two people are dead after Cyclone Biparjoy strikes India

Before a cyclonic storm arrives, a boat builder strolls while rain clouds are in the distance

Cyclone Biparjoy struck eastern India close to the Pakistani border, leaving at least two people dead and 22 injured.

Strong winds and rain are still being brought by the storm as it moves across Gujurat state despite having lessened since it struck the state's coast on Thursday night.

In some districts, it has uprooted trees, destroyed power lines, and damaged roads.   .

Authorities claim that it is still unknown how much damage was done.

According to local media, a father and son cattle farmers in Bhavnagar city were swept away as they entered a flooded ravine to save their goats.

Indian authorities have not reported any other cyclone-related fatalities.

The coastal region of Sindh has seen more than 80,000 people displaced from their homes, but Pakistan has not yet reported any casualties.

Before the cyclone hit, more than 170,000 people in the two nations were evacuated from low-lying areas.

Additionally, temporary shelters were erected in both nations' school auditoriums and other governmental structures.

Bengali for "disaster," Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall for the first time in India's port city of Jakhau in Gujarat on Thursday.

Since then, the storm has been downgraded from "very severe" to "severe" by the India Meteorological Department.

Authorities predict that as the cyclone moves northwest over the next two days, there will be heavy rains in Rajasthan.

As the storm barrels across the state, 99 train services in Gujarat, according to officials, will remain cancelled.

Cyclone Biparjoy was given a category one storm designation, the least severe on a scale of one to five, but forecasters had warned that it might be the worst storm to hit the region in 25 years.

In the Indian Ocean, cyclones—also known as typhoons in the north-west Pacific and hurricanes in the north Atlantic—are a frequent and dangerous occurrence. Climate change-related increases in surface temperatures across the Arabian Sea in recent years have increased the risk of devastating storms for the areas nearby.

Last week's heavy rains are said to have caused at least 33 deaths in Pakistan, while this week's heavy rains in India are said to have caused seven deaths.

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