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Cyclone Tauktae LIVE Updates: With 38 people on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea four days ago still missing, Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch dark waters, as hopes of finding more survivors began to recede on Thursday. The Navy on Thursday morning launched a fresh aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour the waters off Mumbai coast, where the accommodation barge P305 went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury before it sank Monday.
As many as 37 personnel on board the barge are dead and 38 still missing, after Navy personnel, battling extreme weather, so far rescued 186 of the 261 people who were on board the barge P305 and two personnel from tugboat Varaprada. Naval ships INS Kochi on Wednesday morning and INS Kolkata late Wednesday night brought the bodies of these “Brave Nature’s Victims” to Mumbai, a Navy spokesperson said.
Till Thursday evening, a strong thunderstorm can occur in all the districts of Haryana as Cyclone Tauktae is near the state. The state government has issued precautionary guidelines and has asked all residents to stay indoors, deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala said.
Thirty-seven dead personnel on board barge P305 that went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury and sank could have been saved had life rafts not had punctures and the Captain taken the cyclone warnings…
Rainfall recorded in past 24 hrs till 0830 am today, 119.3 mm at Safdarjung, 63.8 mm at Palam and 124.4 mm at Lodi Road, says India Meteorological Department.
Update: 37 Bodies Recovered, 38 Still Missing from P305 Barge
Update: 188 survivors & 37 Brave Nature Victims (BNV) rescued/recovered so far. INS Kolkata arrived in Mumbai and is disembarking survivors/BNVs. INS Kochi rejoins SAR efforts. Indian Navy ships & aircraft continue to search for the missing crew members. CG units have joined the SAR effort.
14 Life Rafts had Holes, Captain Ignored Warnings, Says Chief Engineer
Everyone on board barge P305 could have been saved had many of the life rafts not had punctures and the Captain taken the cyclone warnings seriously, its Chief Engineer Rahman Shaikh, among the 187 men rescued from the vessel, told The Indian Express on Wednesday.
49 from barge still missing, Navy continues search on 4th day
With 49 people on board a barge that sank into the Arabian Sea four days ago still missing, Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch dark waters, as hopes of finding more survivors began to fade on Thursday.
Goa Govt Announces Rs 4 Lakh Aid to Kin of Deceased in Cyclone Tauktae
"We are extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to Tauktae cyclone in Goa. The Govt has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs four lakh for every family of the deceased due to cyclone in the State. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this time of grief," he tweeted. Sawant had told reporters on Sunday that two persons had lost their lives due to the cyclonic winds.
#WATCH | Vehicular movement affected following heavy rainfall causing waterlogging in parts of Delhi.
— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2021
Visuals from Dhaula Kuan area pic.twitter.com/kgnWigAFqV
Gujarat Government to Give Rs 4 Lakh Each to Kin of Dead in Cyclone Tauktae | The Gujarat government on Wednesday approved a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of those who have died due to various incidents related to cyclone Tauktae that ravaged coastal areas of the state. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who made the compensation announcement, said those injured in cyclone-triggered incidents will get Rs 50,000 each, said a state government release.
After Tauktae, another cyclonic storm likely to hit West Bengal, Odisha coasts by May 22-May 26
After Cyclone Tauktae battered the states along the west coast, another cyclone is likely to hit the east coast by May 22-May 26. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that a low-pressure area is very likely to form over the north Andaman Sea and adjoining the east-central Bay of Bengal around 22 May and it holds the potential to intensify into a cyclonic storm.
Recap: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to senior officials as he took stock of operations being undertaken to rescue personnel on an ONGC barge, government sources said. At least 22 personnel on board the accommodation barge P305 that went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury before sinking in the Arabia Sea off Mumbai coast are dead and 65 are still missing, Navy officials had said earlier.
Delhi's Max Temperature for May Dips to Lowest Since 1951 Amid Cyclone | Delhi's maximum temperature during the day was less than that of Srinagar (25.8 degrees Celsius) and Dharamshala (27.2 degrees Celsius) up in the north. The rainfall in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, northern Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand is a result of interaction between the remnant of cyclonic storm "Tauktae" and a Western Disturbance, the IMD said.
Heavy rainfall triggers waterlogging in parts of Delhi; visuals from near Supreme Court and Bhairon temple in the National Capital pic.twitter.com/w3QNHgFEdA
— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2021
Despite timely warnings, and when coastal authorities evacuated people on land to safer locations, why didn’t ONGC act appropriately? Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik asked in a series of tweets.
Everyone was made aware of #CycloneTauktae and warnings were sent out for all to take necessary precautions. Local government agencies had made arrangements for people on coastal areas to move to safer places and fishermen were asked not to venture into the seas(1/4)@dpradhanbjp
— Nawab Malik نواب ملک नवाब मलिक (@nawabmalikncp) May 19, 2021
Indian Navy continues its search and rescue operation for missing crew members of Barge P305 adrift in Mumbai; visuals from the rescue operation conducted by INS Kochi
Cyclone Update: “The stranding, drifting and subsequent events have led to the loss of several lives," a ministry statement said even as sources said that 26 bodies have been pulled out of the sea so far. A committee comprising Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping; SCL Das, Director General of Hydrocarbons, and Nazli Jafri Shayin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence has been constituted to enquire into the incidents.
61 Still Missing at Sea, Questions on ONGC's Cyclone SOPs; Probe Ordered | As the Indian Navy continues to scour the Arabian Sea for 61 missing people from the sunken P-305 barge off Bombay High in the aftermath of Cyclone Tauktae storming through the Mumbai coast, the oil ministry on Wednesday constituted a high-level committee to enquire into the sequence of events.
Cyclone Tauktae Live Updates: Safdarjung recorded 23.8℃ as maximum temperature, the lowest maximum temperature in the month of May since 1951. It's an impact of the remnant of Cyclone Tauktae. Temperature is likely to go down in other parts of northwest India too, said RK Jenamani, senior scientist, IMD
