The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy will weaken into a Severe Cyclonic Storm on Friday morning before turning into a depression over South Rajasthan by evening.
Fifty-five-year-old Ram Parmar and 22-year-old Rajesh were swept away in a flooded stream while trying to save their herd of sheep from drowning in Sodvadar village.
People living in the low lying areas of the town have been evacuated and moved to safer locations as the water in the Gomti river is rising, said fire officer Jitendra Karadiya of the Dwarka Municipality.