Summary:
Extremely severe" Cyclone Tauktae unleashed devastating winds that reached speeds up to 190 kilometres per hour as the storm made landfall in Gujarat, damaging structures, electricity lines, and uprooting trees.
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Here are the top 10 updates on Cyclone Tauktae:
1. Cyclone Tauktae, the biggest to hit the region in decades, made landfall in Gujarat at around 8.30 pm on Monday, packing winds with speeds of 155-165 kilometres per hour, gusting to 190 km/hour.
After the landfall ended around midnight, the weather office downgraded the storm from `extremely severe` to `very severe`.
It later said in a tweet that the cyclone was weakening further.
2. Diu, near Gujarat, witnessed winds with speeds up to 133 kilometre per hour and waves as high as three metres.
3. Six people died and nine were injured as the storm brushed past Maharashtra.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took a review of the damage caused by the cyclone.
His office tweeted that vehicular movement was being restored after removing trees and electric poles that fell due to gusty winds.
4. Mumbai on Monday witnessed the highest-ever wind speed of 114 kilometres per hour.
Heavy rainfall pummelled the city as well.