The Met department has issued warnings to five coastal states against cyclone ‘Tauktae’ by May 16, predicting heavy rain for parts of Maharashtra, Kerala and Gujarat. Code red alert, indicating extremely heavy rains, has been reinstated in five districts of Kerala. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday identified 53 teams to tackle possible after-effects of cyclonic storm which is developing in the Arabian Sea. In a tweet, NDRF Director General S N Pradhan said that these teams are being deployed in the coastal regions of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Out of 53 teams, 24 have been pre-deployed or stationed on the ground while the 29 teams are on stand-by.