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Cyclone Tauktae News

Van Rani relaunch hits a rough patch

A vistadome coach and engine for the Mini Train (Van Rani) arrived at Sanjay Gandhi National Park in July (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Published 299 days ago

Mumbai recorded highest 24-hour rainfall in May since 2021, Colaba breaks 117-year-old record

Mumbai, India - May 27, 2025: A barge from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link has washed ashore at Chowpatty near Hinduja hospital come yesterday in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published 432 days ago

Afternoon brief: Cyclone Tauktae uprooted over 3.5mn trees in Gir National Park

Cyclone Tauktae affected India's west coast in May 2021. (ANI/Representative)

Published 1459 days ago

Capital just 30mm rainfall away from eclipsing all-time record

A large chunk of the rainfall seen this year has come in the monsoon period. Between June 1 and September 30 (the period officially classified as monsoon), the city got 1,169.7mm of rainfall -- an excess of 80% over the long-period average of 648.9mm. (PTI File)

Updated 1742 days ago

Owner of tugboat that sank during Tauktae booked

A total of 274 crew were reported missing on May 17 (261 from Barge P305 and 13 from Tug Varaprada). In picture - Crew members of Barge P305 coming out of INS Kochi after they were rescued.

Published 1864 days ago

Kolkata's Durga Puja organisers in aid of cyclone-affected people

The materials included tarpaulins, mosquito nets, food items and drinking water.

Published 1886 days ago

In rare relief, no heatwave yet, none likely this summer: IMD

Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Secretariat buildings seen from Vijay Chowk at sunset in New Delhi

Updated 1886 days ago

Remnant of Cyclone Yaas moves away, weakens into a low pressure area

A woman stands next to her stall damaged by heavy winds due to Cyclone Yaas in Odisha's Balasore district.

Updated 1893 days ago

Cyclone Biparjoy likely to hit Kutch: Why Tauktae was a warning for west coast

Not only are cyclones relatively uncommon in the Arabian Sea, Tauktae also intensified rapidly. (PTI)

Updated 1148 days ago

Mini tornado hits villages of West Bengal before cyclone

A tornado is seen approaching as Cyclone Yaas continues to move inland, in Naihati, West Bengal.

Published 1894 days ago

Cyclone Yaas: 4 killed, mass evacuations minimise loss

Yaas wasn’t as ferocious as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted it to be when it hit the Odisha coast.

Updated 1894 days ago

Gujarat CM announces ₹500-crore relief package for farmers affected by Tauktae

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

Published 1894 days ago

Tracking Cyclone Yaas

Satellite image shows formation of a low pressure area between 8:30 pm and 8:56 pm as it develops into Cyclone Yaas and approaches the Indian Eastern Coast.

Published 1895 days ago

Over 1 million evacuated, states brace for Yaas landfall today

Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from low-lying areas of two Indian states to escape the strong cyclone barreling toward the eastern coast.

Published 1895 days ago

Tauktae made this May the rainiest in Delhi in 13 years: IMD

The last time Delhi saw more rain in May was in 2008 when it recorded 165mm of rain in the entire month.

Updated 1895 days ago

Barge P305 tragedy: Four more bodies recovered; toll touches 70

Relatives of deceased in P305 barge incident who came to collect the body at JJ Hospital mortuary in Mumbai, India, on Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times)

Updated 1897 days ago

What’s in name? The need to rethink naming of calamities after animal species

The powerful cyclone that emerged in the Arabian Sea made landfall on India's western coast on Monday.

Published 1897 days ago

Navy recovers 6 more bodies of barge’s crew, 20 missing

A man who was stranded at sea aboard Barge P305 due to Cyclone Tauktae looks out of a bus window after he was rescued by the Indian Navy aboard the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kochi, at Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai, India.

Published 1898 days ago

Case filed against captain of barge P305 that sank off in Arabian Sea

People who were stranded at sea aboard barge P305 due to Cyclone Tauktae exit the INS Kochi after they were rescued by the Indian Navy, at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

Updated 1900 days ago

Palaniswami urges PM Modi to ask navy to search for 9 missing TN fishermen

A man gestures after he was rescued by Indian Navy personnel from a sunken barge in the Arabian Sea in the aftermath of Cyclone Tauktae's landfall.

Published 1901 days ago

Delhi receives highest rainfall since 1951 in the month of May: IMD

Delhi's minimum temperature was 21.4 degrees Celsius, five degrees below the season’s normal on Wednesday.

Published 1901 days ago

Cyclone Tauktae: 49 from barge still missing, Navy continues search on 4th day

As many as 26 personnel on board the barge are dead and 49 still missing

Published 1901 days ago

Cyclone Tauktae: Committee to enquire stranding of ONGC vessels in Arabian Sea

"The stranding, drifting and subsequent events have led to loss of several lives," the central ministry statement said. In picture - Crew members of ONGC's Barge P305 who were stranded in the Mumbai offshore due to Cyclone Tauktae rescued by the Indian Navy.

Published 1901 days ago

Cyclone Taukte: Haryana deputy CM urges people to stay indoors for next 48 hrs

All Deputy Commissioners have been instructed to conduct regular monitoring, Dushyant Chautala said. In picture - Commuters crossing a waterlogged stretch of the road during heavy rains brought by Cyclone Tauktae in Jaipur.

Published 1901 days ago

Cyclone Tauktae: PM Modi conducts aerial survey of damage in Gujarat, Diu

PM Modi conducts an aerial survey of the cyclone Tauktae affected areas of Gujarat and Diu.

Updated 1902 days ago

PM Modi reaches Gujarat to review damage caused by Cyclone Tauktae

PM Modi was received by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani at the airport.

Published 1902 days ago

Deepika Singh Goyal called out for dancing in rain amid cyclone Tauktae

Deepika Singh Goyal in her latest photoshoot.

Published 1902 days ago

Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy recovers 14 bodies from Arabian Sea so far

Members of the Indian Navy transport a person after a rescue from a sunken barge in the Arabian Sea in the aftermath of cyclone Tauktae's landfall, at naval air station INS Shikra in Mumbai, REUTERS

Updated 1902 days ago

Rakhi Sawant says her balcony roof broke due to the rains, watch video

Rakhi Sawant shared her ordeal and revealed that she is very upset.

Published 1902 days ago

Cyclone Tauktae weakens into depression, says IMD

Satellite image released NASA shows Cyclone Tauktae approaching India's western coast.

Updated 1902 days ago

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