Cyclone Tauktae death toll climbs to 45 in Gujarat

As many as 45 people have been killed due to cyclone Tauktae across 12 districts of Gujarat, officials said Wednesday.

Fifteen deaths were reported from Amreli district in Saurashtra region, the worst affected in the cyclone that crossed the state coast as an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Monday night and completed landfall around 1.30 am Tuesday, officials said.

Strong sea waves near the Gateway of India as cyclone Tauktae approaches the coast of Mumbai, on Monday, May 17, 2021. A total of 60 persons from Barge P305 off the Mumbai coast have been rescued as of 11 p.m. on Monday

Buses stranded on a waterlogged road during heavy rain in Mumbai, on Monday, May 17, 2021. The State government had evacuated over 12,420 people from coastal districts of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigad to safer places.

View from the Worli side of the Bandra-Worli Sealink after traffic was closed as Mumbai city experienced heavy rain fall along with gutsy winds due to Cyclone Tauktae on Monday. In Mumbai, six persons were killed and nine injured on Monday as cyclone Tauktae wrought havoc on Maharashtra’s coastline.

A view of Tug Coromondel Supporter IX that ran aground in mid-sea on May 17, 2021 at Mulki Rocks off Kaup coast in which nine crew had remained stranded. All nine crew members were airlifted to safety on Monday morning.

Frontline workers help people cross a flooded street after heavy rainfall caused by Cyclone Tauktae in Mumbai, on May 17, 2021. Mumbai’s suburbs received more than 120 mm rainfall and while in Colaba, the recorded rainfall was between 100 to 120 mm.

Evacuation in progress at fishing village at Veraval coast as Cyclone Tauktae was expected to make landfall by night in Veraval, Gujarat on May 17, 2021. The cyclone left behind a trail of destruction along the western coast on Monday.

Fishing boats anchored at Veraval harbour in Veraval, Gujarat on Monday. The state government had shifted over two lakh people to safer locations before the cyclone hit the Gujarat coast.

NDRF team deployed at Veraval coast in Veraval, Gujarat on Monday May 17, 2021. Four people were killed in Gujarat.

A BEST bus damaged after a tree fell on it during the formation of cyclone Tauktae, at BEST bus depot in Andheri East, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Hundreds of trees were uprooted and water logging in low lying areas of the city as the storm coincided with high tide.

Authorities clear a tree that got uprooted in the rain and strong winds at Anjuna in western Goa on Monday, May 17, 2021. The Cyclone Tauktae has crossed into Saurashtra in Gujarat and slightly weakened into a 'very severe cyclonic storm,' on early Tuesday.

Rain was witnessed in Bengaluru on Tuesday after Monday’s gloomy weather in Karnataka.

1 / 3

 

Eight people each were killed in Bhavnagar and Gir Somnath coastal districts, an official of the State Emergency Operation Centre said.

Five were killed in Ahmedabad, two in Kheda, and one each in Anand, Vadodara, Surat, Valsad, Rajkot, Navsari and Panchmahal districts, the official said.

 

While 24 deaths were due to wall collapses during the cyclone, six died after trees fell on them, five each because of house collapse and electrocution, four due to roof collapse and one died due to a tower collapse, the official said.