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Mumbai:
Cyclonic storm Tauktae over the Arabian Sea led to very strong winds blowing at a speed of 114 kmph in Mumbai on Monday afternoon, civic officials said.
This was the highest wind speed recorded so far during the day, they said.
The wind speed of 114 kmph was recorded around 2 pm at the weather station based at Afghan Church in south Mumbai s Colaba area, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release.
Earlier, around 12.15 pm, the weather station recorded a wind speed of 111 kmph, it said.
The BMC has set up 60 automatic weather stations across Mumbai for day-to-day monitoring of the climatic conditions in the metropolis.
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] May 17 (ANI): A flight traveling from Chennai to Mumbai, scheduled at 8:15 AM, has been diverted to Surat on Monday due to an alert for Cyclone Tauktae.
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said, A flight traveling from Chennai to Mumbai schedule at 8.15 am today was diverted to Surat . Due to cyclone alert, Mumbai Airport operations need to be closed from 1100 hours to 1400 hours of 17th May , said MIAL in an earlier statement.
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