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  Cyclone Yaas: 18 NDRF teams deployed in Odisha, state to experience heavy rainfall

  India | May 23, 2021 14:15 IST

  18 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Odisha. Seven teams have been deployed in Balasore, 4 in Bhadrak, 3 in Kendrapada, 2 in Jajpur, one each in Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj. Four teams have been kept as reserve, as per the NDRF.

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  Maharashtra: 8 bodies found on Raigad coast; suspected to be of barge victims

  India | May 23, 2021 12:32 IST

  Eight unidentified bodies were found at three different locations along the coast in Maharashtra's Raigad district and the police suspect they could be of some of the victims of barge P305.

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  Cyclone Yaas: PM Modi reviews preparedness, directs evacuation of people from high-risk areas

  India | May 23, 2021 14:29 IST

  PM Modi was informed that the Cabinet Secretary has taken a meeting of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on May 22, 2021, with Chief Secretaries of all the Coastal States and Union Territories (UTs) and Central Ministries/ Agencies concerned.

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  All precautionary steps taken in Bengal for Cyclone Yaas; Mamata Banerjee to stay at control room

  India | May 23, 2021 8:52 IST

  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said relief materials were dispatched to vulnerable areas, while officials were directed for early evacuation of people from coastal and riverine areas

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  Cyclone Yaas to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm, to cross Odisha, Bengal coasts on May 26

  India | May 22, 2021 15:00 IST

  A low pressure area formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining north Andaman Sea on Saturday.

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  Cyclone Yaas: NDRF begins sending teams to Bengal, Odisha

  India | May 21, 2021 20:22 IST

  Cyclone Yaas may hit Bengal, Odisha around May 26-27, the weather department said.

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  Cyclonic storm to strike Odisha-Bengal coast on May 26: Met Dept

  India | May 20, 2021 21:47 IST

  A low-pressure area, set to form over east central Bay of Bengal on May 22, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and strike the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26, the Met department said on Thursday, sparking fears of another Amphan-like catastrophe.

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  Cyclone Tauktae weakens; to bring rain in many states: IMD

  India | May 19, 2021 10:13 IST

  The cyclonic "depression" was located around 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur in Rajasthan, and 110 km of Deesa in Gujarat, the IMD said in its morning bulletin

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy rescues 177 from barge that went adrift in Arabian Sea

  India | May 18, 2021 16:30 IST

  Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy has so far rescued 177 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast

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  Cyclone Tauktae leaves trail of destruction in Gujarat, 15 dead in Maharashtra

  India | May 18, 2021 23:06 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani on Tuesday discussed the impact of cyclone Tauktae, which made landfall in the neighbouring state late in the night a day earlier.  

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Navy rescues 60 from barge adrift near Mumbai

  India | May 18, 2021 7:47 IST

  The Indian Navy has rescued 60 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai.

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Kartik Aaryan gives fans 'one more reason' to stay at home

  Celebrities | May 17, 2021 15:31 IST

  With cyclone 'Tauktae' advancing over Mumbai, actor Kartik Aaryan shared an Instagram post on Monday urging his fans in the city to stay at home. The actor posted a throwback picture of himself and wrote about how people must stay at home due to the alert. 

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  Tauktae cyclone: Three city-bound IndiGo, SpiceJet flights diverted

  India | May 17, 2021 12:48 IST

  Three city-bound flights operated by budget carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet were diverted on Monday following suspension of operations at the Mumbai airport till 2 pm in the wake of the Tuaktae cyclone alert

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  Coast Guard rescues 12 fishermen off Kochi coast

  India | May 17, 2021 11:41 IST

  The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday said it rescued 12 fishermen stranded around 35 nautical miles off the Kochi coast amid rough seas due to the incoming Cyclone Tauktae on the night of May 16.

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Devastating winds, rains pound Gujarat as 'extremely severe' storm makes landfall

  India | May 18, 2021 0:00 IST

  Cyclone Tauktae, which intensified into a "extremely severe cyclonic storm", made landfall in Gujarat Monday evening, triggering heavy rains in the region.

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  'Tauktae' now very severe cyclonic storm, to reach Gujarat coast

  India | May 17, 2021 9:37 IST

  The severe cyclonic storm 'Tauktae' over the Arabian Sea has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is expected to reach the Gujaratcoast Monday evening.

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Strong winds, rain in Goa; power supply hit

  India | May 16, 2021 12:36 IST

  Gusty winds and heavy rains lashed several parts of Goa on Sunday morning due to cyclonic storm Tauktae, uprooting electric poles and affecting power supply in many parts of the coastal state, officials said.

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai civic body moves 580 COVID-19 patients

  India | May 16, 2021 8:59 IST

  The BMC shifted 580 patients from Covid care centers in the city as a precautionary measure after IMD warned that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to pass close to the city

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  Cyclone Tauktae has intensified, moving towards Gujarat: IMD

  India | May 15, 2021 19:41 IST

  The cyclonic storm is very likely to intensify further into a "very severe cyclonic storm" by late Saturday night, the India Meteorological Department said, adding it was very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya around May 18.

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  Cyclone 'Tauktae': NDRF doubles number of teams to 100

  India | May 15, 2021 16:01 IST

  The National Disaster Response Force has increased from 53 to 100 the number of teams earmarked to undertake relief and rescue measures in the wake of impending Cyclone Tauktae, a senior officer said on Saturday.