India’s west coast hunkers down as Cyclone Vayu approaches

VERAVAL, India (AP) — Authorities have evacuated nearly 300,000 people from India’s western coastline ahead of a very severe cyclone that’s expected to make landfall as the year’s second major storm.
The India Meteorological Department says Cyclone Vayu, named after the Hindi word for wind, could glance the western state of Gujarat Thursday afternoon before returning to sea.
In Veraval, a hub of India’s fishing industry where Vayu was expected to touch down, heavy w