Cyclone Tauktae likely to intensify further and move towards Gujarat, says IMD

The Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday evening said that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to intensify further by Saturday night and move towards Gujarat around May 18.

Cyclonic storm Tauktae had intensified and was heading towards the coast of Gujarat and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday evening. The CS “Tauktae” intensified into a SCS, lay centred at 1730 IST of 15th May over eastcentral Arabian Sea, about 220 km SSW of Panjim-Goa, 590 km SSW of Mumbai. Likely to intensify further into a VSCS & cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar & Naliya around 18th May A/N /Evening. pic.twitter.com/1nScsezDhD — India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 15, 2021 The storm is very likely to intensify further into a "very severe cyclonic storm" by late Saturday night, the IMD said, adding it was very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya around May 18 afternoon.