Natural Disaster

                    Cyclone Tauktae

 Tauktae has turned into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm", the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

It now has a wind speed of 180-190 kilometres per hour with winds gusting to 210 kilometres per hour. The IMD has, however, forecast that its intensity will reduce when it hits the Gujarat coast

   

                         Gujarat evacuates one lakh people

As a precautionary measure, Gujarat administration shifted over one lakh people living in coastal areas of 17 districts to safer places till late Sunday night, and the work resumed on Monday morning.

According to the State Emergency Operation Centre, in the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Monday, 84 talukas of 21 districts of Gujarat received light rainfall, ma

inly caused due to the cyclonic disturbances.

Six talukas received over one inch rainfall, it said.

INS Kolkata sails out for assistance on SOS received from Barge 'GAL Constructor' with 137 people onboard about 8 Nautical Miles from Mumbai: PRO Defence, Mumbai #CycloneTauktae