Cyclone Tauktae intensifies after ploughing through coastal Kerala, Ktka, Goa; 6 dead; Gujarat braces for impact
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Cyclone Tauktae intensifies after ploughing through coastal Kerala, Ktka, Goa; 6 dead; Gujarat braces for impactPTI
Last Updated: May 16, 2021, 11:35 PM IST
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According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Tauktae which has taken the form of a very severe cyclonic storm is likely to intensify further during the next 24 hours and reach the Gujarat coast on Monday evening.
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The Indian Coast Guard said on Sunday evening hat all fishing boats have reached their harbours in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Gale-force winds, heavy rainfall and high tidal waves swept the coastal belt of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa as Cyclone Tauktae hurtled northwards towards Gujarat on Sunday, leaving six people dead, damaging hundreds of houses, uprooting electricity poles and trees and forcing evacuation in low-lying areas.
Cyclone Tauktae: 4 dead, several villages hit in Karnataka; yellow alert issued for Gujarat coast - According to IMD, Cyclone Tauktae is currently centered about 150 km southwest of Panjim-Goa,490 km south of Mumbai.
Over six districts including three coastal districts and three Malnad districts of Karnataka have received heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours due to the effect of Cyclone Tauktae.
3389 Very severe cyclone Taukte may have left Kerala, but its pull effect is stil noticeable from a wave crashing on the shore at Vizhinjam harbour in Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday, 16 May 2021. PT
Bengaluru/Panaji/Ahmedabad, May 16
Gale-force winds, heavy rainfall and high tidal waves swept the coastal belt of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa as Cyclone Tauktae hurtled northwards towards Gujarat on Sunday, leaving six people dead, damaging hundreds of houses, uprooting electricity poles and trees and forcing evacuation in low-lying areas.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Tauktae which has taken the form of a “very severe cyclonic storm” is likely to intensify further during the next 24 hours and reach the Gujarat coast on Monday evening.
According to the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD, by May 18 the wind speed is expected to increase to 150-160 km per hour, gusting up to 175 km per hour.