Cyclone Tauktae: Ahmedabad airport shut for 9 hours
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Ahmedabad: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport being decorated to welcome the guests attending the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas and Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Ahmedabad, on Dec 29, 2014. . Image Source: IANS News
Gandhinagar, May 17 : With Cyclone Tauktae likely to hit Gujarat in about an hour, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad shut all its operations for nine hours from 7.30 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Cyclone Tauktae, gathering momentum and approaching Gujarat, is right now about to touch and is only 70-80 kilometres away from the southern most tip of Saurashtra peninsula, Diu. Within an hour it is likely to hit the state.