Tropical Cyclone Tauktae Making Landfall in India s Gujarat State With Storm Surge, Damaging Winds, Flood Threats
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Tropical Cyclone Tauktae (pronounced TAU-te) is making landfall along the western coast of India s Gujarat state with torrential rain, damaging winds and coastal flooding.
Tauktae has lost some intensity, but is making landfall as the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane, as of the last advisory prior to landfall from the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center Monday evening, local time.
Tauktae s center is moving ashore in southern Gujarat state between Porbanadar and Mahuva, about 150 miles northwest of Mumbai, according to the India Meteorological Department. It will be the strongest cyclone landfall in Gujarat in 22 years, according to NOAA s database.