Cyclone Tauktae Updates: Cyclone Tauktae has hit Mumbai bringing heavy rains, robust gales of over 75-85 kmph, wreaking havoc by uprooting bushes, damaging houses, disrupting street site visitors whereas having created a way of alarm forward of its arrival.
As of now, two deaths have been reported. These embrace youth in Navi Mumbai and one other girl in a wall crash in Raigad.
The results of the cyclone have been felt shortly after midnight of Sunday-Monday with many areas witnessing heavy rains, accompanied by lightning and thunder in some locations, aggravated by highly effective winds, as Tauktae whirled northwards from Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri in the direction of Raigad-Mumbai en path to the Gujarat coast.
Here are 10 essential updates/developments to know:
- PM Speaks To CM Uddhav: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday in regards to the Cyclone Tauktae associated state of affairs within the state, official sources stated. The Prime Minister has assured that Centre will present all assist crucial in tacking the state of affairs.
He additionally spoke to Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and Goa CM Pramod Sawant together with Lieutenant Governor of Daman and Diu to debate preparation and response to the Cyclone.
- IMD Updates: The IMD on Monday afternoon upgraded the warnings for Mumbai with ‘extraordinarily heavy rainfall’ with gusty winds that may escalate upto 120 kmph, in addition to gales in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar in the course of the day.
People have been requested to not enterprise outdoor. The Cyclone has now been categorised as ‘Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm’.
- Landfall In Gujarat: The cyclone hovering round 160 km away from the Mumbai coast this morning, is more likely to make landfall on the south Gujarat coast by midnight tonight, stated the IMD’s newest warning bulletin.
- Mumbai Airport: Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport which was shut for all operations from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., had prolonged the shutdown until 4 p.m. The Mumbai Airport operations closure has been prolonged as much as 6 pm. Earlier, 3 personal airways flights have been diverted to much less turbulent areas.
- Indian Navy To Rescue 410 Persons: The Indian Navy has deployed 3 ships to rescue not less than 410 individuals stranded on two barges off the Mumbai coast. The ships are anticipated to succeed in the venue by late afternoon, and different ships and plane additionally being ready to go there for a search and rescue operation within the area clobbered by the passing Cyclone Tauktae.
- Over 12,000 People Shifted: Exercising precaution, State authorities have already shifted out 12,420 individuals from susceptible spots alongside the coast of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigad.
- Heavy Rains: Till Monday midday, the town had recorded 79.4 mm rain, whereas the suburbs notched 44.6 mm, with the south Mumbai bearing the brunt of the downpour.
- Damage So Far: Several roads have been littered as not less than 30 large and small bushes received uprooted in several components of Mumbai and Thane, in the course of the evening, in addition to minor injury to a number of houses, main subways in Malad, Kandivali, Dahisar, Andheri, and Santacruz have been flooded and closed for site visitors, whereas many low-lying areas have been waterlogged.
- Alert Issued: Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts are on orange alert whereas Raigad district is on pink alert: Chief Ministers Office
- Rains In Gujarat: Heavy to very heavy rains very probably at a number of locations with remoted extraordinarily heavy falls within the districts of Saurashtra specifically Gir Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Botad, and in Diu; within the districts of Gujarat area specifically Valsad, Navsari and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli, IMD knowledgeable.
(With Agency Inputs)
