Cyclone Biparjoy Updates

Cyclone Biparjoy, which made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas Thursday evening, has weakened into a depression.

A National Disaster Response Force team evacuated 127 people from a school in Gujarat district today. Videos from the site show NDRF personnel carrying infants wrapped in clothes and even an empty cement bag to protect them from the rain.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a meeting at the State Emergency Operations Center in Gandhinagar on Friday to take stock of the situation in the state in the wake of Cyclone Biparjoy's landfall.

Parts of Delhi received high rain and strong winds today, which the weather department says is an impact of Cyclone Biparjoy which made landfall in Gujarat yesterday.

Cyclone Biparjoy: Parts of Rajasthan have seen heavy rainfall this morning as Cyclone Biparjoy began moving towards the state. A "red" alert has been sounded for Jalore and Barmer districts.

Gujarat Minister of Forest and Environment Mulu Ayar Bera tweeted a video from a local news channel showing a woman police personnel carrying a newborn in her arms while the mother, and several other women, can be seen walking along to safer areas.

As cyclone Biparjoy brought heavy rains to several parts of Gujarat, 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.

Cyclone Biparjoy slammed into the coast with powerful winds, sowing fear and prompting evacuations, but began weakening in the early hours of Friday as it moved north.

Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday evening after a 10-day journey across the Arabian Sea. Emergency teams were on standby for relief and rescue efforts, and about 100,000 people had been evacuated

Two people died and 22 were injured as cyclonic storm Biparjoy wreaked havoc in Gujarat on Thursday, uprooting trees, and damaging several vehicles and houses. The cyclone is likely to weaken into a depression this evening over Rajasthan.

The intensity of Cyclone Biparjoy has reduced from 'very severe' category to 'severe' after the storm made landfall in coastal areas of Gujarat on Thursday evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

At least 22 people were injured, while electric poles and trees were uprooted as 'very severe' cyclonic storm Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas on Thursday evening, officials said.

The coastal villages in Gujarat have been mostly evacuated in view of the powerful cyclone Biparjoy that is set to make landfall this evening. The disaster response forces have been urging those who remain in their house not to venture out.

The National Disaster Response Force is prepared to mount rescue operations in a variety of scenarios that may arise after Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall, the force's chief has told NDTV.18 NDRF teams are stationed in Gujarat.

The Mandvi beach - from where an NDTV crew had reported since Tuesday evening - was inundated by the rising waters of the Arabian Sea around noon today. The swelling waves are moving in further.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas Thursday evening, has weakened into a depression.

A National Disaster Response Force team evacuated 127 people from a school in Gujarat district today. Videos from the site show NDRF personnel carrying infants wrapped in clothes and even an empty cement bag to protect them from the rain.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a meeting at the State Emergency Operations Center in Gandhinagar on Friday to take stock of the situation in the state in the wake of Cyclone Biparjoy's landfall.

Parts of Delhi received high rain and strong winds today, which the weather department says is an impact of Cyclone Biparjoy which made landfall in Gujarat yesterday.

Cyclone Biparjoy: Parts of Rajasthan have seen heavy rainfall this morning as Cyclone Biparjoy began moving towards the state. A "red" alert has been sounded for Jalore and Barmer districts.

Gujarat Minister of Forest and Environment Mulu Ayar Bera tweeted a video from a local news channel showing a woman police personnel carrying a newborn in her arms while the mother, and several other women, can be seen walking along to safer areas.

As cyclone Biparjoy brought heavy rains to several parts of Gujarat, 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.

Cyclone Biparjoy slammed into the coast with powerful winds, sowing fear and prompting evacuations, but began weakening in the early hours of Friday as it moved north.

Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday evening after a 10-day journey across the Arabian Sea. Emergency teams were on standby for relief and rescue efforts, and about 100,000 people had been evacuated

Two people died and 22 were injured as cyclonic storm Biparjoy wreaked havoc in Gujarat on Thursday, uprooting trees, and damaging several vehicles and houses. The cyclone is likely to weaken into a depression this evening over Rajasthan.

The intensity of Cyclone Biparjoy has reduced from 'very severe' category to 'severe' after the storm made landfall in coastal areas of Gujarat on Thursday evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

At least 22 people were injured, while electric poles and trees were uprooted as 'very severe' cyclonic storm Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas on Thursday evening, officials said.

The coastal villages in Gujarat have been mostly evacuated in view of the powerful cyclone Biparjoy that is set to make landfall this evening. The disaster response forces have been urging those who remain in their house not to venture out.

The National Disaster Response Force is prepared to mount rescue operations in a variety of scenarios that may arise after Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall, the force's chief has told NDTV.18 NDRF teams are stationed in Gujarat.

The Mandvi beach - from where an NDTV crew had reported since Tuesday evening - was inundated by the rising waters of the Arabian Sea around noon today. The swelling waves are moving in further.