"cyclone-tauktae"

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision about the relief package after reviewing the situation during a meeting on Tuesday evening, an official release said.

Weatherman says southwest monsoon will hit Kerala only around June 3 and will come to Telangana only in the second week of June

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) - Hyderabad, the southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Maldives-Comorin area.

India has been hit by a number of cyclones since ages; tropical cyclones originate over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

His remarks were apparently aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently conducted an aerial survey in Gujarat, where cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc earlier this week.

Case was registered under section 304 (2) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 338 (causing grievous hurt to any person through rash or negligent act) and 34 (common intention) at the Yellow Gate police station

The maximum temperature in the city has dropped by at least 5 degrees and today stood at 34.9 degree Celsius, whereas the minimum temperature recorded was 23.6 degree Celsius

The dust storm lashed the city under the influence of a severe tropical cyclone Tauktae in Southeast Arabian Sea that made landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Gujarat government approved a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the kin of those who have died due to various incidents related to cyclone Tauktae.

"Delhi rainfall in past 24 hours till 8:30 hours of today: Safdarjung Airport -119.3 mm, Palam - 63.8 mm, Lodhi Raod - 124.4 mm, Ayanagar - 97.9 mm, Najafgarh - 92.5 mm," the IMD said.

Cyclone is very likely to move northeastwards and weaken gradually during next 12 hours.

The Defence PRO informed that INS Kochi and INS Kolkata were returning to Mumbai harbour with rescuees

According to BMC, it received 2,364 complaints of tree fall, 56 related to water-logging, 43 of house or wall collapse, 39 of short-circuit and two of boat accidents over the last 24 hours.

According to state government officials, three boats, which were tied at the Veraval harbour, drifted into the sea in the early hours of Tuesday.

The Santacruz observatory (representative of suburbs) recorded 230.3 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am

The aerial search commenced at first light with Indian Navy P8I on task.

Moderate to heavy rain with thunder and lightning occurred in many places across the city.

Tropical cyclones have caused 28.6% of mortalities in the last five decades, second only to floods responsible for maximum human deaths

A red alert has been sounded in the adjoining Raigad district and an orange alert has been declared in Mumbai.

Damages to a total of 333 houses, 644 poles, 147 transformers, 3,004.3 meters of lines, 57 km of road, 57 nets and 104 boats have been reported so far.