India's west coast braces for Cyclone Tauktae amid Covid-19, South Asia News & Top Stories


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NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - A cyclone is set to hit the western coast of India - the country's industrialised belt with big refineries and ports - on Tuesday morning (May 18), prompting authorities already grappling with a deadly second virus wave to start preparations for evacuating citizens. Cyclone Tauktae, which lay about 500 kilometres away from the financial hub of Mumbai, is expected to make landfall in the southern districts of Gujarat, with wind speeds touching 175 kilometres per hour, according to the India Meteorological Department. It has intensified into a "very severe cyclonic storm", the national weather forecaster said...