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NATION MAY 14, 2021 | The Indian Eye 8

eye of Cyclone Tauktae on West Coast:

deaThs, desTruCTiOn,

flOOds and evaCuaTiOn

Storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour makes landfall on the Gujarat coast.

Over 1.5 lakh people evacuated; alert in all western states

Our Bureau

New Delhi

housands of people were
evacuated from low-lying
Tareas along its western
coast as Tauktae made land-
fall in Gujarat. Indian Meteo-
rological Department (IMD)
chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
informed that the cyclone is
very likely to cross the Gujarat
coast between Porbandar and
Mahuva in Bhavnagar district.
Earlier, the IMD had stated
that Cyclone Tauktae is likely
to intensify into a very severe
cyclonic storm within the next
24 hours and that it will cross
the western coast of Gujarat in
the early morning of May 18.
Operations at Ahmedabad’s
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Inter-
national Airport were suspend-
ed from 7:30 pm on May 17 to
5 am on May 18 in view of the
Cyclone Tauktae, informed the
Ahmedabad Airport. “Ahmed- Strong sea waves near the Gateway of india as cyclone Tauktae approaches the coast of Mumbai
abad Airport is fully prepared on Monday. (ani)
for Cyclone Tauktae, and as a
precautionary measure our op- Sandeep Sagle, Ahmed- ters,” Sagle said. Tauktae in the region.
erations will remain suspend- abad district collector informed He added that six shel- The cyclone has inten-
ed from 7:30 pm, May 17 to 5 that in light of the ongoing ters operating in six villages of sified into a severe cyclonic
am May 18. We will keep you COVID-19 pandemic, all in- Ahmedabad have the capacity storm over the East-central
updated for further develop- dividuals evacuated to centers to accommodate up to 2,400 Arabian Sea and has moved
ments,” Ahmedabad Airport are undergoing rapid antigen people. “About 4,000-5,000 North-Northwestwards with a
tweeted on Monday. tests. “A total of 38 shelters are food packets will be prepared speed of about 20 km per hour
As many as 962 people from functioning here. 962 people in collaboration with charita- in the early hours, and further
Dholera village in Ahmedabad from Dholera have been evac- ble organizations,” the District intensified into an “extreme-
have been evacuated to about uated to shelters. All individ- Collector added. Earlier in the ly severe cyclonic storm” on
38 shelters that have been set uals were transferred to shel- day, Cabinet Minister Kun- Monday, informed the India
up in the area as the state brac- ters after rapid antigen testing. varjibhai Baraiya visited Amre- Meteorological Department
es for the impact of the incom- All COVID-19 guidelines are li district on Monday to inspect (IMD).
ing cyclone Tauktae. being strictly followed in shel- the preparedness for Cyclone Continued on next page... >>

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