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Heavy rains have been lashing the Indian and Pakistani coasts since Cyclone Biparjoy made its landfall on June 15. More than 180,000 people were evacuated in the two countries in the past few days. In India, two people died in the state of Gujarat due to the rain-induced floods just before the cyclone hit, and at least 23 residents were injured, according to local reports. Gujarat faced serious waterlogging amid heavy rain, and about 500 house roofs were blown off and 800 trees were knocked down in the past two days, leaving thousands of homes without power. India's meteorological department warned that though Biparjoy weakened to the equivalent of a tropical storm, heavy rains will continue in the worst-hit Gujarat and its neighboring state of Rajasthan. The coast of Pakistan's Sindh province experienced strong winds, sandstorms and thundershowers for a short time, and low-lying roads in some coastal areas were flooded.