Cyclone Tauktae: Six die in Konkan region of Maharashtra; Mumbai Airport still closed
Of the six, three persons died in Raigad district, a sailor in Sindhudurg district while two persons were killed in Navi Mumbai and Ulhasnagar after trees fell on them, in Thane district.
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
A taxi car that was damaged after a tree fell on it during a heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday. (Photo | AP) By PTI
MUMBAI: Six persons were killed in Maharashtra s Konkan region in separate incidents related to the severe cyclonic storm Tauktae while three sailors remained missing after two boats sank in the sea, a statement and officials said on Monday.
: Monday, May 17, 2021, 11:55 PM IST
Cyclone Tauktae: 214.6 mm and 202.6 mm of rain recorded at Mumbai observatories; wind speed of 114 kmph at Colaba; six killed in Konkan
A man rides a motorcycle through a waterlogged street amidst heavy rains in Mumbai on May 17, 2021, as Cyclone Tauktae, packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm, surge bore down on India, disrupting the countrys response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak.
(Photo by AFP)
Mumbai: The cyclonic storm Tauktae finally made landfall near Jafarabad in the Amreli district of Gujarat around 9.45 pm on Monday, but not before wreaking havoc in Mumbai and the adjoining areas. As many as 26 incidents of house/ wall collapse and 479 incidents of trees being uprooted/branches falling were reported from across the city.
Cyclone Tauktae: Two lakh moved from low-lying areas as storm makes landfall in Gujarat
The wind speed at the Union Territory of Diu was 133 kmph when the cyclone started making its landfall at around 9.30 pm, the Met office said.
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
A man walks past a roadside shop that was damaged after a tree fell on it during a heavy rain in Mumbai. (Photo | AP) By PTI
MUMBAI: A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall on the Gujarat coast Monday night, after dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of over 1.5 lakh people in Gujarat and leaving two barges with 410 people on board adrift in the Arabian Sea.