Pakistan and India brace for Cyclone Biparjoy's impact.

Pakistan and India are evacuating over 80,000 people as Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to hit the southern parts of Sindh province and Gujarat state. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125 to 135 km/h. Mud and straw homes in Pakistan are vulnerable to disintegration, and Karachi is also due to be deluged by dust and thunderstorms. The cyclone delayed the onset of the annual monsoon over the southern state of Kerala, but now conditions are favourable for the progress of much-needed rains in parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states.