Cyclone Tauktae: 6 dead, 9 injured in Maharashtra, Covid centre in Mumbai's BKC destroyed

Updated : May 18, 2021 13:11
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Editorji News Desk

Cyclone Tauktae wrecked Maharashtra, killing six people and injuring nine. The cyclone swept past Mumbai on its way to Gujarat on Monday night.

Mumbai was lashed with 115 km per hour winds, forcing authorities to shut the airport and the Bandra-Worli sea link for hours.  As a result of the cyclone, Mumbai received heavy rainfall and strong winds throughout the day on Monday.  Trees were uprooted, streets were logged and traffic crawled in different parts of Mumbai. The cyclone also damaged Mumbai's jumbo Covid centre in Bandra Kurla Complex.

Visuals from the iconic Gateway of India showed waves crashing into the culverts

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray made an assessment of the damage caused by Cyclone Tauktae and instructed that the relief works should be done immediately.

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