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The National Flood Commission recommendations have failed to achieve much success in mitigating floods

While the cyclone is making news in the country, their names and their unlikely meaning for a voracious cyclone have been trending majorly among Indians.

ONGC cannot absolve itself of the responsibility by simply pushing the blame on the contractor

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.

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.

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

The cyclonic storm over Arabian Sea, Tauktae, however, has brought down the maximum day time temperatures in Hyderabad by seven degrees to 32.6 degree Celsius

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

IMD, predicts that the weather in the city will be pleasant between May 16 and 19, with rain or thundershowers towards evening due to the presence of cyclonic storm, Tauktae in east central Arabian Sea

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has informed the preparedness of the state in facing any calamity arising out of the cyclonic storm

A pressure area had formed over the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area on Thursday.