GOA: Cyclone Tauktae, which hit the Indian coast for the first time this year, has intensified into a “severe cyclonic storm” and is heading to Gujarat’s coastal and central areas of Daman and Diu and Dadra and the city, IMD said on Saturday night. Haveli. The cyclone is expected to hit several areas, such as Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra as it rains.
The IMD has said the storm is likely to hit the Mumbai coast far away by late Saturday or early Sunday, so minimal damage is expected. However, it will be blowing in some places in Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar.
Sunday morning winds and heavy rains blew across several parts of Goa as Cyclone Tauktae, dismantling power poles and affecting power supplies in many parts of the coastal state, officials said.
No accidents have ever occurred, he said. State power minister Nilesh Cabral has told PTI that the power supply has been disrupted in most parts of Goa as several power poles have been dismantled due to high winds.
