Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates: PM Narendra Modi to visit Gujarat today to review situation after cyclone hit state

Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | After-effects of cyclone: IMD says Delhi-NCR, parts of north India to receive rains

As Cyclone Tauktae weakens further, its after-effects will bring moderate rains to several parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, over the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said yesterday. Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of the Regional Meteorological Centre of the IMD, said Cyclone Tauktae has brought rains to southern Rajasthan as it approaches north India. "Tomorrow, it will stretch from Rajasthan to Haryana. Due to this, east and west Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, the Delhi-NCR region will witness moderate rain. There is a possibility of heavy rains in some parts of Delhi," Srivastava said. (PTI)

Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | PM Modi to visit Gujarat, Diu to review situation after cyclone Tauktae

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Diu today to personally review the situation there and the damage wrought by cyclone Tauktae, government sources said. He will leave Delhi at around 9:30 am and land at Bhavnagar from where he will proceed for an aerial survey of Una, Diu, Jafarabad and Mahuva, they said. Modi will also hold a review meeting at Ahmedabad.

Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | India Meteorological Department: Deep Depression (Remnant of Tauktae) weakened into depression over South Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region at 5.30 am IST of May 19. It is about 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur. To weaken gradually into a Well marked low pressure area during the next 12 hours.

Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Cyclone tears up Gujarat coast; 13 dead, 16,000 houses damaged

As many as 13 people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads, officials said yesterday. In what was one of the worst cyclones faced by the state, Tauktae triggered heavy rains in many parts along its way from the Saurashtra coast to North Gujarat with as many as 46 talukas receiving over 100 mm of downpour, while 12 of them recorded 150 mm to 175 mm of rains. (PTI)

Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates | Heavy rains likely in Rajasthan

The cyclonic storm Tauktae could cause heavy rains in seven districts of Rajasthan today, weather officials have said. The seven districts likely to bear the brunt of it are Jalore, Sirohi, Udaipur, Pali, Dungarpur, Chittorgarh and Rajsamand in the southern part of the state, said Radhey Shyam Sharma, regional director of the meteorological department. Rainfall is also expected in parts of the Jaipur division, said Sharma. The State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) has been deployed in the southern and the western districts to contain aftermaths of the cyclone, Additional DGP (Law and Order) Saurabh Srivastava said. (PTI)

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As many as 13 people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of Gujarat and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads, officials said.

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