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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ajit Solanki,Sibi Arasu and Munir Ahmed

India, Pakistan brace for winds, flash flooding as Cyclone Biparjoy heads for evening landfall

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A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall Thursday.

Rain was falling and skies were darkening in western India and in southern Pakistan along the Arabian Sea, where dusty storms were hampering the evacuation and rescue work. Authorities expect conditions to worsen for two or three days after the cyclone makes landfall in India's Gujarat.

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