Cyclone Vayu: How India's fishing hub, Veraval, coped with a possible disaster

Large waves crash against the jetty at a fishing harbor, ahead of the expected landfall of Cyclone Vayu on June 12.

Fishermen team up to move a boat to a safer place along the shore, anticipating the worst.

Fishermen try to lug a boat out of danger in the country’s fishing industries hub.

Veraval residents gather to watch helplessly as the tide gets higher, on June 13.

A fisherman wades through the water to rescue his fishing boat along the shore.

An injured fisherman, who found his boat capsized in the strong current, is carried to a hospital in Veraval on June 13.