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MANDVI, India: Cyclone "Biparjoy" slammed into the Indian coast with powerful winds, sowing fear and prompting evacuations, but began weakening in the early hours of Friday as it moved north.
INCLEMENT WEATHER Stray dogs roam along the Arabian Sea's coast, at the Zero Point in Badin district, Sindh province on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Howling gales and crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on June 15, hours before the landfall of a powerful cyclone that has prompted mass evacuations. More than 175,000 people have fled the predicted path of Cyclone 'Biparjoy,' which means 'disaster' in Bengali, with Indian meteorologists warning it could devastate homes and tear down power lines when it lands around 1200 GMT. AFP PHOTO