Cyclone hits India

AHMEDABAD — India is evacuating thousands of people from low-lying areas along its western coast as a powerful cyclone that has killed at least six people is expected to make landfall on Tuesday morning in the state of Gujarat.

Cyclone Tauktae, which formed in the Arabian sea, has already brought lashing rain and winds that damaged houses and uprooted trees to parts of western and southern India.

The cyclone is expected to cross Gujarat with wind gusts of up to 175 kmh.

Nearly 150,000 people were to have been moved from villages and low-lying areas by last night.