The landfall process of the eye of extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una, ended around midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. State officials said there are no reports of any casualty due to the tropical storm ''Tauktae'' (pronounced as Tau''Te), adding it has weakened.
The IMD also announced that the cyclone has weakened into a ''very severe cyclonic storm'' from the ''extremely severe cyclonic storm''."The entire eye of the cyclone has now crossed the coast and lies over land. The rear sector of the eye is now entering the land," the IMD said in a tweet after midnight. Landfall is the storm moving over the land after its intensification in the ocean (heat source). A cyclone is said to make landfall when the centre of the storm (eye) moves across the coast.
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Cyclone Tauktae is very likely to move north-northeastwards and weaken gradually into a depression during the next 12 hours. Remnant of the system is very likely to move further northeastwards across Rajasthan to west Uttar Pradesh during May 19 and 20: IMD
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Cyclone Tauktae over Gujarat region moved north-northeastwards with speed during past 6 hours, weakened into Deep Depression and lay centred at 8:30 pm today, over Gujarat region, about 60 km north-northeast of Ahmedabad: India Meteorological Department (IMD)
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on May 18 spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. They discussed the impact of Cyclone Tauktae on Maharashtra and Gujarat.
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Light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-40 Km/h would continue to occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi & NCR (Badurgarh, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Noida) Panipat, Gannaur, Sonipat, Gohana, Bahajoi, Sahaswan, Narora, Debai, Anupshahar, Jahangirabad, Bulandshahar, Gulaoti, Shikohabad, Firozabad, Tundla, Etah, Kasganj, Jalesar, Sikandra Rao, Hathras, Iglas, Aligarh, Khair, Atrauli, Jattari, Khurja, Jajau, Agra, Mathura, Raya, Barsana, Nandgaon (Uttar Pradesh), Viratnagar, Kotputli, Khairthal, Bhiwari, Mahandipur Balaji, Mahawa, Nadbai, Nagaur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Deeg (Rajasthan) during next 2 hours: IMD
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Search operations on for at least 78 ONGC workers
With Cyclone Tauktae wreaking havoc on Indian shores, search and rescue operations are still on for at least 78 people present at the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) accommodation barge ‘Papaa–305’ (P-305) in the Bombay High.
Of the 260 personnel, about 182 were saved by an Indian Navy rescue team. According to multiple sources aware of the development, the whereabouts of at least over 50 people are still unknown.
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Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Cyclone Tautkae brings record May rains, mayhem in Mumbai
The fury of Cyclone Tauktae on May 17 brought in record highest rains and caused unprecedented levels of destructions besides one death, two missing and 10 injured, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a post-cyclone ‘autopsy report’ released on May 18. (IANS)
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | PM Modi to visit Gujarat, Diu on May 19 to review the situation, damage
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Diu on May 19 to personally review the situation and damage due to Cyclone Tauktae. He will leave Delhi at around 9:30 am and land at Bhavnagar from where he will proceed for an aerial survey of Una, Diu, Jafarabad, and Mahuva. The PM will also hold a review meeting in Ahmedabad.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Telcos working to restore telecom, internet services affected by Cyclone Tauktae
Telecom operators are working closely with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), infrastructure providers, and local authorities to restore the disruption in telecom and internet services caused by Cyclone Tauktae in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnakata, Goa, and Daman and Diu.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Indian Navy, Coast Guard rescue 314 from barges in Arabian Sea
In one of the biggest search and rescue operations in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard rescued 314 people stranded and struggling for survival on two barges that were engulfed by Cyclone Tauktae, officials said on May 18. (IANS)
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In view of current situation of #CycloneTauktae in Gujarat, Covid-19 vaccination drive has been suspended in the state and will resume on May 20: Chief Minister's Office (CMO)
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Cyclonic Storm Tauktae and its remnant would interact with the above Western Disturbance. As a result, light/moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/ thundershower is very likely over northwest and central India on 18th with the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over south Rajasthan and heavy rainfall at isolated over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.
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Cyclonic storm Tauktae is about 50 km west-southwest of Ahmedabad and 60 km east-northeast of Surendranagar. To weaken gradually into a deep depression during next 6 hours: India Meteorological Department
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All 137 crew members rescued from grounded Barge Gal Constructor. No individual left: Indian Coast Guard
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Indian Coast Guard helps mooring 2 oil tanker shops that went adrift near Mumbai coast amid bad weather due to cyclone Tauktae: Official statement
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Light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-40 Km/h expected in the evening in areas of entire Delhi and isolated places of Delhi & NCR (Gurugram, Manesar, Loni Dehat, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida), Panipat, Gohana, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Narnaul, Mahendargarh, Kosali, Bawal, Rewari (Haryana) Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Bagpat, Nazibabad, Bijnaur, Rampur, Moradabad, Amroha, Garhmukteshwar, Hapur, Chandausi (Uttar Pradesh) Viratnagar, Mahandipur Balaji, Mahawa, Rajgarh, Alwar (Rajasthan), says IMD
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Warships can take damage from a couple of missiles & still retain their combat capability, but the sea does not spare anyone. Sea is a good friend but equally a bitter enemy, but our ships and crew are well trained, and they are up to facing any challenges: Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
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This is one of the most challenging search and rescue ops I have seen in the last 4 decades. Four INS are on site. Main ops pertain to searching and rescuing 261 people from Afcons Barge P305 which sank about 60 km away from Mumbai on May 18, says Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
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Delhi is likely to receive rain for the next three days due to the impact of Cyclone Tauktae, says IMD scientist Dr Kuldeep Srivastava
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Home Minister Amit Shah speaks with Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra CMs
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday spoke to the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan and took stock of the situation in their states after the landfall of Cyclone Tauktae, official sources said.
They said the minister talked to the CMs over the telephone and extended support of the Union government in aiding and mitigating challenges that arose in the aftermath of the 'extremely severe cyclonic storm' battering the coastal areas on the country's western shore along the Arabian Sea.
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"As of now it's severe cyclonic storm, it'll convert into cyclonic storm in 1 hour. It'll go 50-60 km west of Ahmedabad. Wind speed will be 45-55 km/hr gusting to 65 km/hr. Isolated heavy rain likely in Ahmedabad & some other districts,"Manorama Mohanty, Incharge Director, MET, Ahmedabad told ANI.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Mumbai received 230 mm rainfall due to the cyclonic storm Tauktae, with a weather expert claiming it to be the highest 24-hour downpour in May in the recorded history.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Cyclone Tauktae hit Mumbai; latest visual from Gateway of India
Maharashtra | #CycloneTauktae hit Mumbai; latest visual from Gateway of India pic.twitter.com/S1Z2oGoWP7
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Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Two dead in Palghar, one in Thane due to severe cyclonic storm
Two people were killed in Palghar and one person died in Thane in separateincidents related to the severe cyclonic storm, according to officials. Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Monday, when the cyclone passed close from the Mumbai coast towards Gujarat,189 mm rain was recorded at Colaba in south Mumbai and 194 mm at Santacruz in the western suburbs, the BMC said. Gusty winds reaching the speed of 114 kmph and heavy Gusty winds reaching the speed of 114 kmph and heavy showers lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday, the civic body earlier said.
In neighbouring Palghar, a 51-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was killed after a tree fell on his vehicle in Valiv area of the district on Monday, police said. Besides, a 40-year-old man died after being crushed bycement blocks that fell from the roof of a house due to high winds in Valiv area, they said.
In Thane, a 75-year-old woman was killed after a tree collapsed on her house in Kashimira area due to heavy rains, police said.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Intense rain forecasted in Mumbai as aftermath of the cyclone.
The IMD has forecast moderate to intense spells of rain in Mumbai city and suburbs over the next few hours on Tuesday in the aftermath of cyclone Tauktae, the city civic body said. Along with the rain, the city could witness gusty windswith speed reaching up to 80-90 kmph, the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation said quoting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast issued at 7 am.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Severe cyclone leaves behind four people dead in Gujarat
Four people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pounded parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the western coast, officials said on Tuesday. The landfall process of the eye of the extremelysevere cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una, ended around midnight,the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. It crossed the Gujarat coast as an "extremely severe cyclonic storm" and gradually weakened.
On Tuesday morning, it lay over the Saurashtra region near Amreli as a "very severe cyclonic storm," the IMD said. Even as the cyclonic intensity weakened, it left behind a trail of destruction, with at least four people losing their lives- one each in Bhavnagar, Rajkot, PatanandValsad, officials said. The wind intensity reduced to 115-125 kmph gusting to135 kmph, as the cyclone lay 10 km south of Amreli and around95 km north-northeast of Diu, the IMD said in its morning bulletin.
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Navy ships rescue 146from barge; aerial search on.
The Indian Navy has rescued 146people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday. The Navy on Tuesday morning deployed the P-8I long-range, multi mission maritime patrol aircraft to join the searchand rescue operations, the official said.
Three frontline Navy warships were deployed on Monday after receiving messages to rescue 410 people on board two barges off the Mumbai coast. The ships deployed to extend assistance to the barges were INS Kolkata, INS Kochi and INS Talwar. "A total of 132 persons from Barge P305 have been rescued in extremely challenging sea conditions," a Navy spokesperson said on Tuesday morning.
"The Search and Rescue (SAR) operations continued throughthe night for the remaining crewand a total of 146 persons from Barge P305 have been rescued till 6 am on Tuesday, 111 by INS Kochiand INS Kolkata, 17 by Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Greatshipand INS Kolkata, 17 by Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Greatship Ahilya and 18 by OSV Ocean Energy whilst operating inextremely challenging sea conditions," the official said.extremely challenging sea conditions," the official said.
