Cyclone Vayu, which is gathering intensity in India, is said to be the strongest cyclone to hit the country in 20 years
An India Meteorological Department scientist monitors Cyclone Vayu inside his office in Ahmedabad, India, on June 11, 2019.
Winds gusting up to 180 kilometres per hour were forecast and a storm surge up to 2 meters above astronomical tides, which would inundate low-lying areas, according to the India Meteorological Department. Vayu was forecast to skirt the coast as it travelled west toward Pakistan, retaining its intensity for as long as 12 hours as it straddled land and sea.
By midday, rescue teams had begun evacuating more than a quarter of a million people in towns and villages likely to bear the brunt of the storm.
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