Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in western India’s Gujarat coast on the Arabian Sea around 1:30 p.m. on 17th May. Termed as “extremely severe”, the cyclone made landfall with wind speeds of up to 160km/h (100mph).
As of 11 a.m. EDT May 17, ANI reported that Tauktae had killed six and injured nine in Kerala, Karnataka and Goa over the weekend. Tauktae debilitated after it made landfall on Monday but at least 12 people have already died in the storm.
More than 90 people are missing after a barge owned by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), carrying personnel was deployed for offshore drilling. When the storm struck, the barge’s anchors gave way and it began drifting off the coast of India’s Mumbai city sank amid a severe cyclone.
The Indian navy said it had rescued 177 of the 270 people aboard and that efforts to find survivors were ongoing.
More than 250,000 people in low-lying areas were moved to shelters, sparking fears of possible new coronavirus clusters in coming weeks.
Tauktae is the strongest cyclone to strike the coast of Gujarat since 1998.
Beyond The Lines 
I hope everyone is safe at your end! It hit mumbai yesterday and I did record and blog too but seems it was stronger in Gujarat than in MH.
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Yes, but now the impact has decreased but still there is chance of heavy rainfall. Stay safe Anita!
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My name is Pooja. Haha. Hope it passes away without damage. Take care.
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Oh! Why Anita than?
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Its Aint a muggle.
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Hope it passes without a damage!
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Oh! I’m sorry, I just read “between the line”. For the past few week I misread it as Anitamuggle instead of Aintamuggle!
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Hahahahahha it’s okay, easy to read it that way 🙂
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No, Ain’t a muggle is more memorable!
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If you say so :))
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Does the second small bracket represents my beard? 😃
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Ahahahahahah its a big smileeeee!
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Thanks for sharing Aashwin, I know it was but not sure of so much of impact.
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You’re welcome. I’ll add more details as soon as they appear!
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Thanks, I am gonna miss Mumbai rains 🌧 this year 🙂
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Awww… even I love the after rain smell of the soil.
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Oh! 🙂👍
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News and commented:
Pray for them – tough times a strong cyclone and covid-19!
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Thank you Ned.
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Hey would you like to interview for my blog?
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Sure!
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Please drop a mail at nnumrata@gmail.com with your blog name in it.
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Sounds exciting!
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YAY! 🙂
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☺️
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I knew it will turn out to be dangerous when it passed near to Kerala, heavy rain and strong wind..
But Gujarat is literally suffering… I hope no more lives will be in danger.
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From Kerala, karnadaka, Bombay ,Goa and Gujarat badly affected by this Cyclone , so sad 🙏🌷
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