Thousands begin journey home as Cyclone Biparjoy recedes

Flooding at Jakhau port after landfall of cyclone Biparjoy at Jakhau in Kutch district of Western Indian state of Gujarat (AP)

More than 100,000 people who had sheltered from Cyclone Biparjoy in relief camps in western India have started to return home after the storm weakened and headed toward Pakistan, officials said.

In the coastal village of Jakhau, where the cyclone made landfall in India’s Gujarat state on Thursday, more than 130 people had shifted back to their homes from a government-run shelter by midday on Saturday (7.30am BST).