Trees uprooted, roofs blown off by cyclone in India's Gujarat


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Jun 2023

A man rides a motorcycle through a waterlogged street in Mandvi before the arrival of cyclone Biparjoy in the western state of Gujarat, India, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Roofs were blown off houses and trees and electric poles uprooted in several parts of India's western state of Gujarat as a severe cyclone made landfall overnight and heavy rain continued to lash the coast early on Friday.

No casualties were reported.

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