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  1. Cyclone Tauktae

    Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Tauktae (Burmese pronunciation: [taʊʔtɛ̰] [a]) was a powerful, deadly and damaging tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea that became the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat since the 1998 Gujarat cyclone [2] and one of the strongest tropical cyclones to ever affect the ...

  2. case study on cyclone tauktae india

    CASE STUDY ON Cyclone Tauktae ##### What is Cyclone? In meteorology, the term cyclone is defined as. A system of winds that are rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, such that in the Northern Hemisphere it is anticlockwise and in the Southern Hemisphere it is clockwise circulation.

  3. PDF An Integrated Approach to the Preparedness and Mitigation of Cyclone

    Integrated A. proach to the Preparedness and Mitigation ofCyclone Tauktae: The Case of Kerala1. IntroductionThe term 'tropical cyclone' refers to warm-core, non-frontal. ynoptic systems of low pressure that develop over tropical or subtropical oceans. Hobgood 2005). The winds can spread hundreds of kilometres from the eye of the storm.

  4. Cyclone Tauktae: a perfect storm of climate change and pandemic

    From May 12-19, in the midst of the devastating second wave of the pandemic, the powerful Cyclone Tauktae struck India's west coast and killed more than 100 people. This was the deadliest cyclone in the Arabian Sea over the last decade. Starting from southwestern Lakshadweep, the cyclone battered all states on India's west coast and the ...

  5. Wave induced coastal flooding along the southwest coast of ...

    TC Tauktae was the first very severe cyclonic storm over the north Indian Ocean in 2021 and the most intense cyclone of the AS during the satellite era (1961-2021) after the Kandla cyclone in 1998.

  6. Nature and impact of extremely severe cyclone Tauktae over India

    This study investigates the meteorological parameters associated with the extremely severe cyclone Tauktae, which formed in the Arabian Sea in May 2021 due to anomalous warming. The result shows a high increase in SST in western parts of the Arabian Sea (30.5 °C to 32 °C) during the initial days of May 2021, which triggered the formation of ...

  7. PDF Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm TAUKTAE over the Arabian Sea

    time of landfall. However life time maximum intensity was higher in case of Tauktae, as it had the maximum intensity of 180-190 gusting to 210 kmph over the east-central Arabian Sea during early morning to afternoon of 17th May 2021. iii. It was a very rare cyclone causing adverse weather and damage over entire west coast

  8. Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India's west coast

    Cyclone Tauktae, the fifth strongest storm to hit the Arabian Sea since 1998, hit the west coast of India over four days from May 14 till it made landfall on May 17, 2021. The cyclone took at least 91 lives, damaged thousands of houses, boats and state infrastructure in Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat. As many as 45 workers of ...

  9. How infrastructure projects intensified cyclone Tauktae's impacts in Kerala

    An eerie silence is still prevailing over Chellanam, a coastal village panchayat located between Ernakulam and Alappuzha in Kerala, where cyclone Tauktae barrelled dangerously into the tiny houses of covid- battered fish workers a few days ago.Over 500 houses of the village were inundated in the worst-ever sea attack since Cyclone Ockhi of 2017.. The primary health centre at Kandakkadavu in ...

  10. Towards a resilient future: Lessons from Cyclone Tauktae

    It was the strongest and most severe tropical cyclone to make landfall in coastal Gujarat since 1998. At least 169 people died in India, and another 81 went missing after Tauktae hit. It was also estimated that the cyclone caused damage to the tune of INR 15,000 crore ($2.14 billion) and around 0.39 million children were affected in Gujarat.

  11. Cyclone Tauktae: Twenty-six dead after barge sinks due to cyclone

    Tauktae is the strongest cyclone to strike the coast of Gujarat since 1998. The storm has hit the region amid a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that has overwhelmed Indian hospitals.

  12. Cyclone Tauktae: India lashed by strongest storm to ever hit west coast

    Tropical Cyclone Tauktae, a storm with wind speeds equivalent to a high-end Category 3 hurricane that formed in the Arabian Sea, made landfall Monday night local time in Gujarat. ... Though daily ...

  13. Cyclone Tauktae: Survivors recount horrific tragedy on sunken barge

    Mr Awadh says that on 14 May, the captain of the barge was warned about the cyclone by India's meteorological department. The coastguard said Cyclone Tauktae would hit the sea and that all vessels ...

  14. Cyclone Tauktae 2021

    Learn how NASA monitored and supported the response to Cyclone Tauktae, the strongest tropical storm to hit the west coast of India in decades. See satellite images, rainfall maps, and research projects related to tropical cyclones and disasters.

  15. (PDF) Cyclone Tauktae: Cyclones, Their Impacts and Disasters Risk

    Circumstances permitted this cyclone to be used as a case study to assess whether a simple paper-strip water-quality test (the hydrogen sulphide, H(2)S) kit could be distributed and used for ...

  16. Explained: How does Tauktae compare with other cyclones in severity and

    Cyclone Tauktae made its landfall east of Diu on May 17 with wind speed ranging between 160-170 km/hr gusting to 185 km/hr. The last cyclone of equal intensity to hit Gujarat was Cyclone Kandla (wind speed 160 to 170 km/hr) that crossed near Porbandar in 1998.

  17. (PDF) Wave induced coastal flooding along the southwest coast of India

    Abstract and Figures. The coastal flood during the Tauktae cyclone, 2021, at Chellanam coast, Kerala, India, has invited wide attention as the wave overtopping severely affected coastal properties ...

  18. Explained: In Cyclone Tauktae, a continuing new trend from the Arabian

    Tauktae has been intensifying very rapidly. From a depression formed in the southeast Arabian Sea on May 14 morning, it strengthened into a VSCS by the early hours of May 16. Compared to Tauktae's 2 days, Cyclone Vayu had taken 36 hours to become a VSCS, while Cyclone Mekanu (4 days) and Cyclone Nisarga (5 days) had developed slower.

  19. Cyclone Tauktae Documents a Climate Trend in the Tropics

    On 18 May, Cyclone Tauktae hit the coast of Gujarat, a state in western India, with peak wind speeds of about 220 kilometers per hour. Other western states like Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and ...

  20. Cyclone Tauktae: Seventy-seven missing at sea in the wake of storm

    18 May 2021. Cyclone Tauktae has battered coastal India. Seventy-seven people are missing after a barge off the coast of the Indian city of Mumbai sank amid a severe cyclone. The Indian navy said ...

  21. Tropical Cyclone Tauktae

    In total, India has confirmed over 24.6 million COVID-19 cases and more than 270,000 deaths, as of 17 May. ( OCHA, 18 May 2021) Following the passage of Tropical Cyclone TAUKTAE that made landfall ...

  22. Cyclone Tauktae: What caused the barge P305 tragedy

    New Delhi, UPDATED: May 21, 2021 12:46 IST. Barge P305, the ONGC vessel that sank off Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae, leading to the death of at least 51 people on board, had broken free of its anchor shortly after midnight on May 16, the Petroleum Ministry has confirmed. Apart from some questionable decisions like vessels staying out in the sea ...