Porbandar

Other ports including Bedi, Navlakhi, Porbandar, Okha, Pipavav and Bhavnagar have also closed due to the cyclone, according to shipping sources.

In India, Mrs Popat's family first lived in Porbandar but moved to Mumbai in 1972.

Mrs Popat's father was born and raised in Porbandar, a port city in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

In Porbandar, a hard-hit harbor and port area of Gujarat, officials said they had warned all fishing and commercial boat owners to return to shore and evacuated 25,000 people from 40 seaside villages.

In 1869, political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India.