The National Crisis Management Committee, chaired by cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba, met on Thursday to review the relief and restoration efforts made by state governments and union territories affected by Cyclone Tauktae. Cyclone Tauktae originated in the Arabian Sea this month and has affected India’s western coastal states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, among others this week. It is the first Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm, with wind speeds of 200 kmph, to reach close to the Mumbai coast in the last 130 years. On Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Cyclone Tauktae had weakened and will further lose strength overnight. In Gujarat, the cyclonic storm ripped out power pylons, damaged about 16,500 homes and blocked more than 600 roads, straining authorities that are looking to contain a surge in Covid infections.