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.
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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.
Cyclone Tauktae Updates: Heavy rains with strong winds continue in Mumbai; waterlogging, tree collapse at several places
Mirror Online / Updated: May 17, 2021, 17:02 IST
Mumbai city,
Thane, and suburban areas on Monday received heavy rainfall along with gusty winds due to severe cyclonic storm Tauktae.
Cyclone Tauktae has now intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm . The city also reported over 150 incidents of tree collapse along with water logging. Major subways in Malad, Kandivali, Dahisar, Andheri and Santacruz were flooded and closed for traffic, while many lowlying areas were waterlogged.
The Bandra-Worli sea-link was closed for traffic in view of the strong winds and people were asked to take alternate routes.
Wind speed reached 114 kmph on Monday afternoon. Several parts of Mumbai and neighbouring areas witnessed heavy downpour coupled with high speed winds. The civic body said its automatic weather stations recorded an average 105.44 mm rainfall in the island city till 5 pm, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 61.13 mm and 114.78 mm rainfall, respectively. The Mumbai Met department recorded 189 mm rainfall at Colaba observatory while a rainfall of 194 mm was recorded at Santacruz till 5.30 pm. The civic H-East ward in the Western suburbs received the highest 242 mm rainfall during the day. Chincholi area in Malad and K-East ward that includes Marol and Andheri East areas recorded 236 mm and 231 mm rainfall, respectively.
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