Tauktae effect: Heavy rainfall likely in UP, other states

Heavy to very heavy Rainfall is very likely to take place on Thursday at isolated places in West Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry due to wester n disturbances caused by severe cyclonic stor m Tauktae.

Thunderstor m with lightning and gusty wind with a speed reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely at isolated places over Himachal, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Gangetic West Bengal, Kerala, Lakshadweep, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bi

Death toll in Gujarat goes up to 53. Most of the casualties were due to incidents of wall collapse due to the cyclone

har, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Arunachal, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Meawhile, remnant of ‘Tauktae’ has weakened further into a well-marked low-pressure over east Rajasthan and adjoining west Madhya Pradesh, and it is very likely to move further northeastwards to Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours.

Cloudburst kills 3 of family in U'khand DEHRADUN: Three of a family were killed following a cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Chakrata on Thursday as incessant rains for 24 hours caused by the remnants of Cyclone Tauktae triggered a slew of landslides in hill areas, blocking several highways. A man and his two sisters were buried alive as their 'chani' (temporar y house) caved in under the impact of a landslide caused by a cloudburst, Chakrata police station incharge Anup Nayal said.

The cloudburst occurred in Kola village near Chakrata in Dehradun district, Nayal said, adding that the bodies have been pulled out of the debris.