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Gujarat-bound Cyclone Tauktae to huff and puff past Maharashtra coast
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Mumbai: As an intensified Cyclone Tauktae blows past Maharashtraâs coast making its way towards neighbouring Gujarat, the state government has put coastal districts on high alert. While only the periphery of the maximum city is likely to be affected, weathermen have predicted that on Monday the Konkan region, including Mumbai, is likely to witness 50-70 kmph gusty winds with heavy rains in isolated places.
After wreaking damage on the Kerala and Goa coasts on Sunday, Cyclone Tauktae is likely to intensify further during the next 24 hours, moving north-northwestwards and reaching the Gujarat coast during the evening hours of May 17, the IMD has predicted. According to the IMD, Cyclone Tauktae has intensified into a âvery severe cyclonic stormâ and is very likely to reach the Gujarat coast in the evening hours of May 17.
Heavy to very heavy rain and thundershower activities are expected over Konkan and Goa and Madhya Maharashtra until the afternoon of May 18. Moderate to heavy rain has already commenced over South Konkan and Goa and South Madhya Maharashtra.