Cyclonic storm Tauktae, which is likely to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm" within 12 hours, may hit Gujarat coast by Tuesday, the weather office has said. Gujarat and Diu coasts are under a cyclone watch. This is the first cyclonic storm this year as India fights a deadly second wave of Covid, which has led to a frightening surge in the country's caseload over the last two months.
The cyclone is likely to intensify further into a "very severe cyclonic storm" in the next 24 hours. It is expected to cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya on Tuesday aftenoon. 

More than 50 teams of the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) are on duty in five states - Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall "causing flash floods and landslides" over the coastal districts of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa till Sunday and Saurashtra, Kutch in Gujarat on Tuesday and Wednesday is expected, the India Meteorological Department has said.Visuals showed rescue teams helping residents in Kerala's Kochi, which was hit by heavy rainfall on Friday.

Cyclonic storm Tauktae, which is likely to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm" within 12 hours, may hit Gujarat coast by Tuesday, the weather office has said. Gujarat and Diu coasts are under a cyclone watch. This is the first cyclonic storm this year as India fights a deadly second wave of Covid, which has led to a frightening surge in the country's caseload over the last two months.
The cyclone is likely to intensify further into a "very severe cyclonic storm" in the next 24 hours. It is expected to cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya on Tuesday aftenoon. 

More than 50 teams of the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) are on duty in five states - Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall "causing flash floods and landslides" over the coastal districts of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa till Sunday and Saurashtra, Kutch in Gujarat on Tuesday and Wednesday is expected, the India Meteorological Department has said.Visuals showed rescue teams helping residents in Kerala's Kochi, which was hit by heavy rainfall on Friday.