Cyclonic storm Tauktae forms in Arabian Sea; Kerala districts on high alert
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Tauktae is anticipated to accentuate right into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and attain the Gujarat coast by the morning of May 18
The deep despair in the Arabian Sea intensified right into a cyclonic storm, christened Tauktae (pronounced Tau’Te), in the early hours of Saturday.
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The climate system is shifting northwards at a velocity of practically 7 kmph and lies centred over the east-central and south-east Arabian Sea about 120 km north-northwest of Aminidivi and 300 km north-northwest of Kannur in north Kerala, the India Meteorological Department mentioned.
Tauktae is anticipated to accentuate right into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and attain the Gujarat coast by the morning of May 18.
The northward shifting climate system has triggered heavy rainfall in Kerala, prompting the State Government to declare high alert in the districts.
The Saturday morning rainfall forecast from the IMD is awaited.
In a Friday night replace, the climate company had sounded purple alerts for 5 northern districts at the moment; Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod, on Saturday given the chance of extraordinarily heavy rainfall (in extra of 20 cm in a 24-hour interval).
Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki and Thrissur have been put on orange alert for scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall. Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad, that are on yellow alert, can anticipate scattered heavy rainfall on Saturday, the IMD indicated.
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