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Movement of vehicles on Mumbai's iconic Bandra-Worli sea link has been suspended in light of cyclone Tauktae which iscurrently 160 km south-southwest of the financial capital.
While Cyclone Tauktae is expected to pass through the Arabian Sea near Mumbai, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said it is most likely to bring rain and strong winds for the city.
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: 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.