IN PICS | Trees Uprooted, Roads Blocked & Houses Flooded - Cyclone Tauktae Brings Heavy Damage To Coastal States

Strong gusty winds have wrecked many parts of the coastal states of Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra. (Image: AFP)

Mumbai: Heavy rains and gusts due to Cyclone Tauktae were witnessed near Belapur, in Navi Mumbai on Monday, May 17, 2021. (Image: PTI)

Panjim: Vehicles ply at on a road. From destroying vehicles to uprooting electric poles and trees, Cyclone Tauktae brought heavy damage to the financial city. (Image: PTI)

Airport operations closure in Mumabi has been extended up to 1600 hours today A flight traveling from Chennai to Mumbai schedule at 8.15 am today was diverted to Surat. (Image: AFP)

Kanyakumari: A huge tidal wave due to the cyclone Tauktae at a seashore in Puthurai, in Kanyakumari district. (Image: PTI)

As per weather department the Cyclone Tauktae - which intensified into a extremely severe cyclonic storm early this morning - is currently 160 km south-southwest of Mumbai and is very likely to reach the Gujarat coast this evening with gusts of up to 200 km per hour. (Image: AFP)

Mumbai: Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Saurashtra namely Gir Somnath, Amreli, Bhavnagar ,Junagadh, Boatd & in Diu; in the districts of Gujarat region namely Valsad, Navsari & in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli. (Image: PTI)

Gujarat: Several teams of NDRF, SDRF and Police personnel guards have been deployed near the coastline ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Tauktae. (Image: PTI)

Ahmedabad: An IAF plane deployed to carry NDRF personnel and tonnes load to Ahmedabad as part of preparations for Cyclone Tauktae. IAF planes C-130J and 1 An-32 have been engaged to carry rescue personnel from various centres to Ahmedabad. (Image: PTI)