Gale force winds and heavy rains are lashing coastal areas of north-west India and southern Pakistan as a fierce cyclone makes landfall.
More than 170,000 people have been evacuated so far.
Forecasters have warned that Cyclone Biparjoy – which means "disaster" in Bengali – could destroy homes and crops in its path.
The landfall process has started and could go on till midnight local time.
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