Cyclone Biparjoy Updates: As the cyclone Biparjoy “landed” in Gujarat, it unleashed destructive wind speeds of up to 140 kmph and incessant rains, uprooting trees and electricity poles, while seawater entered villages located in low-lying areas.
As Biparjoy (meaning disaster or calamity in Bengali) gradually weakened on its northward trajectory, it had already disrupted everyday life on an unprecedented scale, injuring at least 23 people, and causing extensive power failures on Gujarat’s coasts.
“Forty-five villages in Naliya tehsil of Kutch district plunged into darkness after electricity cables were snapped and poles got uprooted due to the cyclone,” an official said. After the landfall process got over, the intensity of the cyclone reduced from ‘very severe’ to ‘severe’ category.
It has moved north-eastwards and weakened into a cyclonic storm. It will become a depression by the evening over south Rajasthan, he said.
A cattle-rearer duo of father and son died while trying to save their goats stuck in a flooded ravine in Bhavnagar district on Thursday.Kutch collector Amit Arora said no report of any fatality caused due to the cyclone has been received so far from the district.