Cyclone threatens India’s west coast, leaves several dead
By DW
17 May 2021 |
3:25 pm
Cyclone Tauktae is expected to make landfall in Gujarat state in the early hours of Tuesday. The first major storm of the season comes as India battles a second wave of the coronavirus.
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