Cyclone Tauktae: NDRF teams on standby, heavy rainfall alert issued in Maharashtra, Kerala, other states
Highlights Over 1.5 lakh people were evacuated from low-lying areas along the western coast as a powerful Cyclone Tauktae is expected to make landfall in Gujarat by Monday. Tauktae has now become a “very severe cyclonic storm" and is likely to intensify even further in the next 24 hours. At least six people have lost their lives, hundreds of houses were damaged, trees and electricity poles were uprooted in the coastal areas. New Delhi: Over 1.5 lakh people were evacuated from low-lying areas along India's western coast as a powerful Cyclone Tauktae is expected to make landfall in Gujarat b...