Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said relief materials were dispatched to vulnerable areas, while officials were directed for early evacuation of people from coastal and riverine areas
A low pressure area formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining north Andaman Sea on Saturday.
Cyclone Yaas may hit Bengal, Odisha around May 26-27, the weather department said.
A low-pressure area, set to form over east central Bay of Bengal on May 22, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and strike the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26, the Met department said on Thursday, sparking fears of another Amphan-like catastrophe.
The cyclonic "depression" was located around 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur in Rajasthan, and 110 km of Deesa in Gujarat, the IMD said in its morning bulletin
Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy has so far rescued 177 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani on Tuesday discussed the impact of cyclone Tauktae, which made landfall in the neighbouring state late in the night a day earlier.
The Indian Navy has rescued 60 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai.
With cyclone 'Tauktae' advancing over Mumbai, actor Kartik Aaryan shared an Instagram post on Monday urging his fans in the city to stay at home. The actor posted a throwback picture of himself and wrote about how people must stay at home due to the alert.
Three city-bound flights operated by budget carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet were diverted on Monday following suspension of operations at the Mumbai airport till 2 pm in the wake of the Tuaktae cyclone alert
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday said it rescued 12 fishermen stranded around 35 nautical miles off the Kochi coast amid rough seas due to the incoming Cyclone Tauktae on the night of May 16.
Cyclone Tauktae, which intensified into a "extremely severe cyclonic storm", made landfall in Gujarat Monday evening, triggering heavy rains in the region.
The severe cyclonic storm 'Tauktae' over the Arabian Sea has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is expected to reach the Gujaratcoast Monday evening.
Gusty winds and heavy rains lashed several parts of Goa on Sunday morning due to cyclonic storm Tauktae, uprooting electric poles and affecting power supply in many parts of the coastal state, officials said.
The BMC shifted 580 patients from Covid care centers in the city as a precautionary measure after IMD warned that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to pass close to the city
The cyclonic storm is very likely to intensify further into a "very severe cyclonic storm" by late Saturday night, the India Meteorological Department said, adding it was very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya around May 18.
The National Disaster Response Force has increased from 53 to 100 the number of teams earmarked to undertake relief and rescue measures in the wake of impending Cyclone Tauktae, a senior officer said on Saturday.
Scores of houses were damaged, trees uprooted and power supply disrupted for hours across Kerala as incessant rains and strong winds continue to lash the state on Saturday even as severe sea incursion disrupted normal life in the coastal areas.
'Be alert and ensure rescue operation wherever necessary,' Thackeray was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) late night on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an important meeting on Saturday to review preparations to deal with impending Cyclone Tauktae
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