As per the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), 4526 fishing boats of Maharashtra and 2258 boats of Gujarat returned back safely with the support of ICG
ICG rescued 12 fishermen stranded off Kochi coast
“Tauktae” intensified into ‘ Extremely Severe Cyclone’ at 0530 hours and was lying 160 km. WSW off Mumbai coast
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport closed operations almost for the whole day
Red Alert announced in Raigarh district and Orange Alert in Mumbai in the morning
‘Worli Sea Link’ in Mumbai closed for traffic operations
Monorail services suspended
Gujarat evacuated about 2 lakh people from 18 districts along with the coastal areas
ONGC operated Barge with 261 people on board went adrift off the Mumbai coast. INS Kochi was sent for rescue. Shortly another Barge of ‘GAL Constructions’ with 137 people on-board about 8 nautical miles from Mumbai reported stuck. INS Kolkata was sent for rescue
Heavy to very heavy rainfall reported over N. Konkan including Mumbai
Rainfall recorded today from 0830 to 2030 hrs – Mumbai – 20.2 cm; Santacruz- 21.4 cm
BMC’s automated weather station recorded a wind speed of 111 kmph. at Colaba. At 2 pm, the wind speed was 114 kmph
The center of the cyclone is expected to cross the Saurashtra coast to the east of Diu by today’ midnight
A widespread power outage reported late-night from Rajula and Jafrabad taluka of Amreli district and Kodinar and Una in neighboring Gir Somnath district
As per IMD, the landfall process completed late at night on Monday in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat where Severe Cyclonic Storm weakened to very severe cyclonic storm