Scenes from Gujarat before cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall.
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IMAGE: People arrive at a shelter in Naliya. All photographs: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
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IMAGE: People arrive at a shelter with all their belongings.
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IMAGE: People wait to board a bus during an evacuation in Jakhau.
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IMAGE: A man carries a child from a truck in Jakhau.
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IMAGE: People in a bus during evacuation as a police officer does a headcount in Jakhau.
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IMAGE: A family leaves a village on a pickup truck in Jakhau.
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IMAGE: Children look out of a window of a shelter after they were evacuated from their homes in Naliya.
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IMAGE: People feed dogs that have been left behind when everyone was evacuated from Jakhau port.
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IMAGE: A drone view shows dark clouds over Mandvi beach before the arrival of the cyclone.
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IMAGE: People watch as waves hit Mandvi beach.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
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