More than 100,000 evacuated as cyclone threatens India, Pakistan
Cyclone evacuees (R) gather next to a mobile health unit outside at a temporary shelter set at a school in Badin district of Pakistan's Sindh province, ahead of cyclone Biporjoy landfall on June 14, 2023. PHOTO | RIZWAN TABASSUM | AFP
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the path of a fierce cyclone heading towards India and Pakistan, with forecasters warning Wednesday it could devastate homes and tear down power lines.
"Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name means disaster in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a very severe cyclonic storm on Thursday evening," government weather monitors said.
