Cyclone Biparjoy eases over Indian coast

Mandvi, India (AFP) June 16, 2023

Cyclone Biparjoy tore down power poles and uprooted trees Friday after pummelling the Indian coastline, but the storm was weaker than feared and there were two confirmed deaths. More than 180,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat and Pakistan's neighbouring Sindh province fled the path of Biparjoy - which means "disaster" in Bengali - before it made landfall on Thursday evening. Th