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The UAE has expressed solidarity with India after Cyclone Tauktae struck several regions in the country and left scores of casualties.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation on Tuesday sent its condolences to the government of India and to the families of victims, the state news agency Wam reported.
The ministry wished a speedy recovery to those who had been injured by the cyclone.
At least 33 people have died after Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than two decades, which brought wind of up to 210kph.
A vessel serving oil rigs sank off Mumbai in the storm and 90 of the 273 people on board were missing late on Tuesday.
. NEW DELHI For a doctor, it was another 18-hour day trying to rescue patients who could not be saved. For a crematorium official, it was one more procession of victims. For the family of a young academic, it was a time to mourn their second loss to the virus this month. India reported more than 4,500 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday for the prior 24 hours, the highest single-day death toll in any country since the pandemic began and a grim marker of the scale of the outbreak ravaging this nation of 1.3 billion people. The previous high for daily fatalities in the pandemic, 4,400, occurred in the United States on Jan. 20, according to data from The Washington Post.
India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge
This Sunday, May 16, 2021, photograph provided by India s Defense Ministry shows an Indian Air Force plane preparing to transport National Disaster Response Force personnel and material to western Gujarat state in preparation of Cyclone Tauktae from Kolkata, India. A severe cyclone is roaring in the Arabian Sea off southwestern India with winds of up to 140 kph (87 mph), already causing heavy rains and flooding that have killed multiple people, officials said Sunday. Cyclone Tauktae, the seasonâs first major storm, is expected to make landfall early Tuesday in Gujarat state, a statement by the India Meteorological Department said. (India s Defense Ministry via AP)