114 kmph winds, over 100 mm of rain lash Mumbai.
Six people were killed and nine injured on Monday as cyclone Tauktae wrought havoc on Maharashtra’s coastline, damaging homes, uprooting trees and leading to water logging in Mumbai.
The State government had evacuated over 12,420 people from coastal districts of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigad to safer places.
One fisherman drowned and three others are missing after two boats capsized off Devgad in Sindhudurg. In Raigad and Thane districts, three and two people lost their lives, respectively. Of the nine injured, four were reported in Mumbai, two in Ratnagiri and Raigad while one in Thane. A total of 2,542 houses were partially destroyed.
The capital city witnessed strong winds and heavy rainfall as cyclone Tauktae passed parallel to Maharashtra coastline, leading to hundreds of trees being uprooted and water logging in low lying areas of the city as the storm coincided with high tide.
According to the data from the State…