Cyclone Biparjoy: more than 100,000 evacuated in India and Pakistan as storm nears

Cyclone Biparjoy, which means ‘disaster’ in Bengali, is expected to make landfall on Thursday evening

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in India and Pakistan ahead of the expected landfall on Thursday of a “very severe cyclonic storm”.

Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name means “disaster” in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall on Thursday evening, government weather monitors said.