Six killed as Tauktae pounds coastal Maharashtra

Six individuals had been killed and 9 injured on Monday as cyclone Tauktae wrought havoc on Maharashtra’s shoreline, damaging houses, uprooting bushes and resulting in water logging in Mumbai.

The State authorities had evacuated over 12,420 individuals from coastal districts of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigad to safer locations.

One fisherman drowned and three others are lacking after two boats capsized off Devgad in Sindhudurg. In Raigad and Thane districts, three and two individuals misplaced their lives, respectively. Of the 9 injured, 4 had been reported in Mumbai, two in Ratnagiri and Raigad whereas one in Thane. A complete of two,542 homes had been partially destroyed.

The capital metropolis witnessed robust winds and heavy rainfall as cyclone Tauktae handed parallel to Maharashtra shoreline, resulting in lots of of bushes being uprooted and water logging in low mendacity areas of the town as the storm coincided with excessive tide.

According to the info from the State authorities, Mumbai’s suburbs obtained greater than 120 mm rainfall and whereas in Colaba, the recorded rainfall was between 100 to 120 mm.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a gathering with district administrations and with Dr. Krishnanand Hosalikar, Deputy Director General of the regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai.

“The cyclone at 5 p.m. was around 180 km from the Mumbai coast. The wind speed will slow down to around 70 to 80 kmph and it will hit Gujarat between 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday,” Dr. Hosalikar mentioned.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the best windspeed within the metropolis of 114 kmph was recorded at 2 p.m. on the Colaba observatory. The IMD had upgraded the warning to extraordinarily heavy rainfall in Mumbai throughout Monday afternoon and night, predicting winds will proceed and escalate as much as 120 kmph.

Several areas within the metropolis had been water-logged following the heavy rains together with Mahalaxmi junction, Hindmata, Nana Chowk, Sakkar Panchayat chowk, Dadar TT, SIES faculty at Sion, Bindumadhav Junction and BDD chawl at Worli, Pathhe Bapurao Road , and Modi road at Colaba. In the suburbs, Andheri subway, Oshiwara bus depot, Sainath subway, and Yashwant Nagar at Vakola too reported water logging.

A complete of 479 complaints of tree or brach falling had been reported whereas 17 instances of brief circuit and 26 instances of home collapse had been additionally reported.

The BMC had stored COVID vaccination centres closed on Monday and moved sufferers from jumbo COVID care centres to the protection of hospitals. Around 243 sufferers within the BKC covid centre had been shifted on Sunday evening. The ready room of the centre was eliminated beforehand to keep away from harm attributable to winds.

Mumbai police working together with the civic physique had closed visitors on Bandra Worli sea hyperlink and likewise needed to briefly shut down Andheri subway attributable to water logging. Two instances of capsizing of boats attributable to tough sea had been reported from Madh Jetty and Mahim causeway. .