Locals being evacuated from a flooded house after heavy rains under cyclone Tauktae s influence in Kochi
Cyclone Tauktae is set to intensify into a sever cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea within a few hours and cause heavy rain and gusty winds to hit parts of the western coast, including Mumbai and Thane in Maharashtra, before reaching Gujarat coast by Tuesday. The India Meteorology Department (IMD) has issued a ‘Yellow Alert for Mumbai and Thane, meaning civic authorities must remain “updated” on the developing situation and prepare for the possible hazardous conditions.
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has stationed over 50 teams in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat. It has stationed three teams in Mumbai, which is just trying to get back on its feet after a massive COVID-19 surge over the past few weeks, to assist civic authorities in relief operations. The cyclone, the first to hit the Indian coast this year, is expected to r
Cyclone Tauktae: Decision on shifting of patients from Jumbo COVID-19 centres in Mumbai soon
100 patients from Mulund Jumbo COVID centres have already been shifted to Mumbai s Rajawadi hospital, Bhabha hospital, and Agarwal school
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Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Monday said all Jumbo COVID centres have been put on standby and it is being decided whether the patients in them need to be shifted to other places or not in view of the impending cyclone Tauktae. All Jumbo COVID centres have been asked to remain on standby and if needed, patients to be shifted to other places. By afternoon, we will have an update if patients needs to be shifted. We are keeping tab on the situation closely, Pednekar said in a preess meet on Saturday.
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