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India's weather office has issued an alert as a cyclone that is expected to make landfall between the western Indian state Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week has intensified into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm".
Beaches have been closed and people are being moved to safety, as India's prime minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Cyclone Biparjoy.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai
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