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Heavy Rain Likely In Mumbai Today From Cyclone Tauktae, PM Holds Meeting

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Cyclone Tauktae: Residents being rescued in elements of Kochi, hit by heavy rain resulting from cyclone.

Highlights

  • Gujarat and Diu coasts are beneath a cyclone watch
  • That is the primary cyclonic storm in India this yr
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a evaluate meet on Saturday night

New Delhi:

Cyclonic storm Tauktae has intensified and will hit the Gujarat coast by Tuesday, the climate workplace mentioned on Saturday. Gujarat and Diu coasts are beneath a cyclone watch. That is the primary cyclonic storm this yr as India fights a lethal second wave of Covid, which has led to a daunting surge within the nation’s caseload during the last two months.

The cyclone might additionally carry “very heavy to extraordinarily heavy rainfall” triggering flash floods and landslides over the coastal districts of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa until Sunday. Mumbai can anticipate showers from Sunday afternoon, officers mentioned.

“Cyclone Tauktae may be very prone to intensify additional right into a Very Extreme Cyclonic Storm throughout subsequent 12 hours and intensify additional. It is vitally prone to transfer north-northwestwards and attain Gujarat coast within the morning of 18th and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya round 18th Might Afternoon / night,” the IMD mentioned in its newest replace.

Greater than 50 groups of the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive (NDRF) are on obligation in 5 states – Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

The Western Railway mentioned it has cancelled 56 trains both originating or terminating in Gujarat”s Saurashtra area as a precaution.

In Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the preparedness of states, central ministries and businesses tasked with coping with the scenario arising out of cyclone Tauktae and requested them to take each attainable measure to make sure that individuals are safely evacuated.

Heavy rain was reported in Maharashtra’s coastal Ratnagiri district on Saturday, mentioned Okay S Hosalikar, head SID, Local weather Analysis and Companies, IMD, Pune.

The IMD has issued an “orange alert”‘ which suggests heavy to very heavy rainfall is probably going over complete Konkan and hilly areas of western Maharashtra, primarily Kolhapur and Satara on Sunday and Monday, she mentioned.

Visuals confirmed rescue groups serving to residents in Kerala’s Kochi, which was hit by heavy rainfall on Friday.

Purple and orange alerts have been sounded in varied elements. Low-lying areas of the Islands of Lakshadweep are prone to get flooded.

The cyclone is prone to trigger heavy rainfall within the coastal districts of Gujarat – pegged at “extraordinarily heavy” in Junagadh and Gir Somnath and “heavy to very heavy rain” at just a few locations within the districts of Saurashtra, Kutch and Diu particularly Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagadh, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Amreli, Rajkot, Jamnagar, the the India Meteorological Division has mentioned.

Fishermen have been requested to keep away from heading to Arabian Sea until Tuesday, tourism actions have been restricted and mandatory precautions have been suggested for naval operations in anticipation of tough sea.

The cyclone is prone to trigger rain – of various depth -in elements of Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan too.

The Indian Air Drive mentioned it has stored 16 transport plane and 18 helicopters in readiness to cope with the scenario that would come up out of cyclone Tauktae.

Indian Navy’s ships plane, helicopters, diving and catastrophe aid groups are on standby for “rendering full help to state administrations because the cyclonic storm approaches western coasts,” the spokesperson has asserted.

In a tweet, NDRF chief Satya Pradhan gave particulars of the groups which might be on obligation in varied states.

Deep despair that shaped over Arabian Sea close to Lakshwadeep intensified last night right into a right into a Cyclonic Storm “Tauktae” (pronounced as Tau’Te), per an official assertion from the climate workplace.

Whereas Kerala is not in the predicted path of the cyclone, the state authorities mentioned it’s ready as heavy rains, robust winds and robust sea gusts are anticipated until Sunday.

Greater than 300 individuals have been relocated from disaster-prone areas to aid camps within the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, one of many areas the place a crimson alert has been issued.

“About 318 buildings have been arrange in several elements of the district to open aid camps in case extra individuals should be relocated,” Thiruvananthapuram district collector Navjot Khosa was quoted as saying by information company ANI.

(With inputs from businesses)