However, as per the Mumbai IMD, the highest wind speed of 108 km per hour was recorded at the Colaba observatory in the afternoon.
MUMBAI: Winds blew at 114 kmph in Mumbai on Monday afternoon as the extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae was passing close to the Mumbai coast barrelling towards Gujarat, civic officials said.
However, as per the Mumbai IMD, the highest wind speed of 108 km per hour was recorded at the Colaba observatory in the afternoon, said Shubhangi Bhute, senior director, IMD Mumbai.
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Cyclone Tauktae: Six die in Konkan region of Maharashtra; Mumbai Airport still closed
Of the six, three persons died in Raigad district, a sailor in Sindhudurg district while two persons were killed in Navi Mumbai and Ulhasnagar after trees fell on them, in Thane district.
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A taxi car that was damaged after a tree fell on it during a heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday. (Photo | AP) By PTI
MUMBAI: Six persons were killed in Maharashtra s Konkan region in separate incidents related to the severe cyclonic storm Tauktae while three sailors remained missing after two boats sank in the sea, a statement and officials said on Monday.
: Monday, May 17, 2021, 11:55 PM IST
Cyclone Tauktae: 214.6 mm and 202.6 mm of rain recorded at Mumbai observatories; wind speed of 114 kmph at Colaba; six killed in Konkan
A man rides a motorcycle through a waterlogged street amidst heavy rains in Mumbai on May 17, 2021, as Cyclone Tauktae, packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm, surge bore down on India, disrupting the countrys response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak.
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Mumbai: The cyclonic storm Tauktae finally made landfall near Jafarabad in the Amreli district of Gujarat around 9.45 pm on Monday, but not before wreaking havoc in Mumbai and the adjoining areas. As many as 26 incidents of house/ wall collapse and 479 incidents of trees being uprooted/branches falling were reported from across the city.