The IMD has warned of heavy rains in parts of Maharashtra, Kerala and Gujarat due to the massive Cyclone Tauktae, which builds over the Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep.
India’s Department of Meteorology (IMD) on Friday said there had been some tensions in the Lakshadweep area, which would continue as a typhoon within the next 24 hours and move to the coast of Gujarat.
“Depression in the Lakshadweep area near 11.0 ° N and 72.5 ° E, about 30 kilometers southwest of Amini Divi, Strengthening Cyclonic Storm at 24https: // hrs. Coast of Gujarat on the morning of May 18, ”IMD said in a statement on Twitter.
The IMD has warned of heavy rainfall for parts of Maharashtra, Kerala and Gujarat in view of the rapid intensification of Cyclone Tauktae, which formed over the Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep.
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The storm will focus on the same region on Saturday morning and continue to be stronger than the storm the next day.
“It is very likely that we will grow up to be very depressed within the next 12 hours and a severe storm within the next 12 hours. It is more likely to strengthen further. It is most likely to move north-east to this evening. It will then go northwest and reach the coast of Gujarat on the morning of May 18, ”according to the weather department.
The IMD has issued rainfall warning for Lakshadweep islands, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Gujarat and Goa.
- Lakshadweep Islands: Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely on Friday, heavy to very heavy falls at a few places on Saturday, heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on Sunday.
- Kerala: Heavy to very heavy falls at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places on Friday and Saturday and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on Sunday and Monday. The state government has opened relief camps and shifting people living in low-lying areas to safer places as rains were lashing several parts.
- Tamil Nadu (Ghat districts): Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places very likely on Friday, heavy to very heavy falls with extremely heavy falls at isolated places on Saturday and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on Sunday.
- Karnataka (coastal and adjoining Ghat districts): Heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on Friday, heavy to very heavy falls at a few paces with extremely heavy falls at isolated places on Saturday, heavy to very heavy fall at a few places on Sunday and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on Monday.
- South Konkan and Goa: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely on Saturday and heavy to very heavy falls at a few paces on Sunday and Monday.
- Gujarat: Rainfall activity is very likely to commence from Monday with significant increase during the subsequent two days with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places over Saurashtra and Kutch on Tuesday and isolated heavy to very heavy falls over Kutch and adjoining southwest Rajasthan on Wednesday.
Outdoor fishermen have been advised to return to the coast. Meanwhile, the gates of the Aruvikkara dam in Thiruvananthapuram opened on Thursday night due to heavy rains and continuous rainfall that led to the flooding of the Karana and Killi rivers in the provincial capital.
In Kerala, Chellanam, a coastal village in Ernakulam, has been one of the most affected areas since Thursday. Several houses were damaged as seawater was flooded, and locals cried.
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