Cyclone Tauktae Highlights: Cyclone Tauktae has now weakened into a "cyclonic storm" and will gradually become a "deep depression" as it moves northwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. The cyclone, which pummelled parts of Gujarat, killed as many as 13 people and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads, officials said yesterday. In what was one of the worst cyclones faced by Gujarat, it triggered heavy rains in many parts along its way from the Saurashtra coast to North Gujarat. In Maharashtra, cyclone Tauktae claimed at least three lives and left 10 others injured in Mumbai when it passed close to the city coast. The cyclonic storm is now expected to cause heavy rains in seven districts of Rajasthan today (May 19), weather officials said.
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ONGC Barge P305 rescue operation update: 186 survivors rescued, 26 bodies recovered; search operation still on
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Four bodies have been handed over to Police & 4 different accidental death reports (ADR) have been registered at Yellow Gate Police Station, in connection to the deaths of Barge P305's crew members. Indian Navy has confirmed 26 deaths so far: Mumbai Police
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Goa govt offers financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to kin of deceased
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on May 19: “We are extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to Tauktae cyclone in Goa. The Govt has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh for every family of the deceased due to cyclone in the State. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this time of grief.”
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Centre sets up high-level committee to probe ONGC barge stranding
The high-level committee set up by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has set up a to enquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding of ONGC vessels in the cyclone, will comprise of Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping, SCL Das, Director General of Hydrocarbons, and Nazli Jafri Shayin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence. The Committee will submit its report within a month.
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has set up a high-level committee to enquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding of ONGC vessels in the cyclone. Several ONGC vessels with over 600 people on board, were stranded in offshore areas amid the cyclone
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Reviewed the situation caused by Cyclone Tauktae during a meeting in Ahmedabad. Took stock of the evacuation efforts and the ongoing relief work for those affected. The Centre will help in rebuilding damaged infrastructure. GOI is in full solidarity with those affected and will provide them all possible support,” tweets PM Modi
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The Indian Navy, Coast Guard, ONGC, and Afcons are continuing with the search operations. Though people from other barges were rescued, P-305 became the worst affected, as water gushed into it around 3 pm on May 17.
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At least 20-22 people are feared dead and around 50 people are missing after Cyclone Tauktae created major damage to Oil And Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) accommodation barge “Papaa-305” (P305) nearly 35 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast, Moneycontrol has learnt from informed sources.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased along with an assistance of Rs 50,000 for those injured due to Cyclone Tauktae. This assistance will be provided to all those affected by the cyclone across India. The impact of the cyclone has been felt in several states and UTs such as Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan, among others.
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The Union Government will be deploying an Inter-Ministerial Team to visit Gujarat soon to assess the extent of the damage in the state: PMO
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Covid 2.0, Tauktae ravaged Goans appeal for immediate resurrection of mining activities
Accentuated by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and monster Cyclone Tauktae, Goans are demanding urgent relief for the protection of their livelihood and lives.
The Gram Panchayats of Goa under the aegis Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) have appealed to the Supreme Court for immediate resumption of mining in Goa as the state is witnessing a grave situation and extraordinary circumstances.
Since the suspension of mining in Goa (March 2018), livelihoods of mining dependents from the state are in doldrums and are in search of prosperity and the pursuit of happiness.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Big B prays for 'stability' amidst Covid, Tauktae
Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared a prayer that the country survives the second wave of Covid as well as cyclone Tauktae.
"Stability … a situation in which something is not likely to move or change … Please dear Lord, do not move the winds and rains for the fury of its presence … the destruction of your environ ... the helplessness of the destitute," he wrote.
"…'something not likely to change' ... dear Lord do not stop the 'change' of the graphs of improvement, in the repair that is apparently seen in some areas of the virus .... just 'move' the stability that is reportedly seen in both the environs -- the storms of Tauktae and the mild improvements in the Virus over the land where it disturbs the most .... we pray in the sincerity of our beings … we have and are doing what humanity believes in its supreme pontiffs ... in the bended knee or the supine servile submission before the unseen Force that we all have our faith and belief in ...prayers..." he concluded.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for immediate relief activities in Gujarat. Union Government to deploy an Inter-Ministerial Team to visit the state to assess the extent of damage in the State: PMO
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Rescued workmen from barge recall horror in sea
Battling tidal waves as high as 10 metres and strong winds while trying to stay afloat in the cyclone-hit rough Arabian Sea for almost 12 hours, workmen rescued from a sinking barge near Mumbai narrated theirhorrifying experience in their quest for survival. Some of them said they had almost lost the hope ofmaking it alive back home. The warship INS Kochi arrived in Mumbai todaywith 125 workmen rescued from barge P305, an accommodation barge that sank amid the cyclone Tauktae fury.Of the 273 people on the ill-fated barge, 184 have been rescued so far by the Indian Navy. (PTI)
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Southern districts in Rajasthan receive heavy rains
Cyclone Tauktae has triggered heavy rains in southern districts of Rajasthan in the last 24 hours while it is expected to weaken in the next 12 hours, Met officials said today. The cyclonic storm entered southern Rajasthan late last night causing heavy rains in the region and it was centred 60 km southwest of Udaipur today morning, a spokesman of the regional Meteorological Department said. In the next 12 hours, the cyclone is expected to weaken and turn into a low pressure area and move to northeast Rajasthan, he said. The cyclone caused 'heavy' to 'very heavy' rainfall at some places in the southern districts of the state in the last 24 hours, as per the Met department. (PTI)
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Cyclone Tauktae death toll climbs to 45 in Gujarat: Official
As many as 45 people have been killed due to cyclone Tauktae across 12 districts of Gujarat, officials said today. Fifteen deaths were reported from Amreli district in Saurashtra region, the worst affected in the cyclone that crossed the state coast as an extremely severe cyclonic stormon Monday night and completed landfall around 1.30 am yesterday, officials said.Eight people each were killed in Bhavnagar and Gir Somnath coastal districts, an official of the State EmergencyOperation Centre said. Five were killed in Ahmedabad, two in Kheda, and oneeach in Anand, Vadodara, Surat, Valsad, Rajkot, Navsari and Panchmahal districts, the official said.While 24 deaths were due to wall collapses during the cyclone, six died after trees fell on them, five each becauseof house collapse and electrocution, four due to roof collapse and one died due to a tower collapse, the official said. (PTI)
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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, Karnal, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Sambhal, Amroha, Siyana, Chandausi, 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, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Mathura, Raya, Barsana, Nandgaon (U.P.) Viratnagar, Kotputli, Khairthal, Bhiwari, Mahandipur Balaji, Mahawa, Nadbai, Nagaur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Deeg (Rajasthan) for another hour: IMD
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Meanwhile, acyclone in the Bay of Bengal to touch coast on May 26, said a report citing India Meteorological Department (IMD) DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. Odisha will definitely get affected by the cyclone, it said.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Why PM Modi not surveying cyclone-hit areas in Maharashtra, asks NCP
The NCP today asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not visiting areas of Maharashtra hit by cyclonic storm Tauktae, even as he wa sconducting an aerial survey of some of the cyclone-affectedparts of neighbouring Gujarat and Diu. Is this not "clear-cut discrimination"? Maharashtraminister and NCP's national spokesperson Nawab Malik wondered. Before making a landfall in Gujarat late Monday night,the cyclone had claimed seven lives and caused damages in parts of Maharashtra, particularly in its coastal areas.
"Today PM Modi ji is taking an ariel survey of #CycloneTauktae affected areas of Daman, Diu and Gujarat. Why not the same of the areas affected in #Maharashtra ? Is this not clear cut discrimination?" Malik tweeted.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | PM Modi conducts aerial survey of cyclone-affected areas of Gujarat, Diu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey of affected areas in Gujarat and adjoining Union territory of Diu to assess thedevastation caused by Cyclone Tauktae. PM Modi is in Gujarat to review the situation in thestate in the aftermath of cyclone Tauktae.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | PM Modi reaches Gujarat to review situation after cyclone
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Bhavnagar in Gujarat to review the situation in the state in the aftermath of cyclone Tauktae.Modi landed at Bhavnagar from Delhi and proceeded for an aerial survey of Una, Diu, Jafarabad and Mahuva, reported news agency PTI citing an official. After the survey, the PM is scheduled to hold a review meeting at Ahmedabad.
Thirteen people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | India Meteorological Department:
The Depression (remnant of the Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” ) over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region moved northeastwards with a speed of about 16 kmph during past 06 hours, and lay centred at 8.30 am IST of today over southeast Rajasthan and nbd.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Russian Envoy:
Deeplysaddened to learn about human loss & destruction caused by CycloneTauktewhich struck west coast of India. Admire heroic work of rescue forces. I'd like to convey words of sincere sympathy & support to families of deceased & wish speedy recovery to injured.
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Mapusa District and Sessions Court adjourned the verdict in 2013 sexual harassment and rape case against journalist Tarun Tejpal to May 21 because of power outage in the State following cyclone Tauktae (DD News)
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Cyclone Tauktae is the fourth cyclone in consecutive years to develop in cyclone shy Arabian Sea. A look at the changing trend in cyclone frequency and intensity in the region.
In Charts | Cyclone Tauktae: Changing trend in cyclone frequency, intensity in Arabian Sea
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Cyclone weakens; to bring rain in many states, says IMD
Cyclone Tauktae weakened into a "depression" and lay centred over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region on Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department said. After causing widespread rain in Gujarat, the cyclone is expected to bring showers in many other states also, including Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, due to its interaction with the western disturbance, the IMD said. The cyclonic "depression" was located around 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur in Rajasthan, and 110 km of Deesa in Gujarat, the IMD said in its morning bulletin.
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The teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel is carrying out road clearance and restoration work in Gujarat and Diu in the aftermath of the cyclone, informs NDRF DG Satya Narayan Pradhan
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Indian Navy:
In Search and Rescue operations at Barge 'P305', 184 personnel rescued so far. INS Kochi and INS Kolkata returning to Mumbai harbour with rescuees. INS Teg, INS Betwa, INS Beas, P8I aircraft and Seaking Helos continuing the operation. (ANI)
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After Cyclone Tauktae left behind a trail of destruction in several states including Gujarat and Maharashtra, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of another cyclone with a low-pressure area to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal around May 23.
Read more | Another cyclonic storm brewing over Bay of Bengal after Cyclone Tauktae storms Arabian Sea
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi on Twitter:
Nature has its own way of balancing things and cleansing itself. Cyclone Tauktae returns the garbage dumped in the sea back to the people of Mumbai. But we will never learn.
(Image: Twitter/@DrAMSinghvi)
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | After-effects of cyclone: IMD says Delhi-NCR, parts of north India to receive rains
As Cyclone Tauktae weakens further, its after-effects will bring moderate rains to several parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, over the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said yesterday. Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of the Regional Meteorological Centre of the IMD, said Cyclone Tauktae has brought rains to southern Rajasthan as it approaches north India. "Tomorrow, it will stretch from Rajasthan to Haryana. Due to this, east and west Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, the Delhi-NCR region will witness moderate rain. There is a possibility of heavy rains in some parts of Delhi," Srivastava said. (PTI)
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | PM Modi to visit Gujarat, Diu to review situation after cyclone Tauktae
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Diu today to personally review the situation there and the damage wrought by cyclone Tauktae, government sources said. 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, they said. Modi will also hold a review meeting at Ahmedabad.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | India Meteorological Department:
Deep Depression (Remnant of Tauktae) weakened into depression over South Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region at 5.30 am IST of May 19. It is about 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur. To weaken gradually into a Well marked low pressure area during the next 12 hours.
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Cyclone tears up Gujarat coast; 13 dead, 16,000 houses damaged
As many as 13 people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads, officials said yesterday.In what was one of the worst cyclones faced by the state, Tauktae triggered heavy rains in many parts along itsway from the Saurashtra coast to North Gujarat with as many as 46 talukas receiving over 100 mm of downpour, while 12 of themrecorded 150 mm to 175 mm of rains. (PTI)
Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Heavy rains likely in Rajasthan
The cyclonic storm Tauktae could cause heavy rains in seven districts of Rajasthan today, weather officials have said. The seven districts likely to bear the brunt of it are Jalore, Sirohi, Udaipur, Pali, Dungarpur, Chittorgarh and Rajsamand in the southern part of the state, said Radhey Shyam Sharma, regional director of the meteorological department. Rainfall is also expected in parts of the Jaipur division, said Sharma. The State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) has been deployed in the southern and the western districts to contain aftermaths of the cyclone, Additional DGP (Law and Order) Saurabh Srivastava said. (PTI)
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As many as 13 people werekilled in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of Gujarat and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast,uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads, officials said.
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