As Cyclone Vayu advances towards the Gujarat coast and is expected to make landfall Thursday afternoon, the state government has shifted around three lakh people from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions, officials said Wednesday. Now, it would hit the Gujarat coast anywhere between Veraval in the south and Dwarka in the west Thursday afternoon. "Gujarat has evacuated about 3 lakh people and Diu has evacuated over 10,000 people from low-lying areas to safer places. After making landfall, the cyclone "is likely to move along and parallel to Saurashtra and Kutch coast", the Met department said. As a precautionary measure, all the airports in Saurashtra region will remain shut till the cyclone recedes.

Source: dna June 12, 2019 20:26 UTC