Unusual heating of Arabian Sea is making weather conducive for formation of cyclones: Expert Cyclone Tauktae, a fourth cyclone to form in the pre-monsoon period (May-June) and of high intensity hitting western coast points out at a trend This RAMMB/CIRA handout satellite image shows Cyclone Tauktae over western India on May 17, 2021 at 14:45 UTC. - A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm made landfall in western India on May 17, 2021, disrupting the countrys response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. At least 12 people died over the weekend and on May 17, 2021 in torrential rains and winds as Cyclone Tauktae, according to press reports the biggest to hit western India in 30 years, swept over the Arabian Sea with Gujarat state in its sights.