Cyclone Tauktae live updates: Weakened cyclone moves north, Delhi-NCR braces for rain

A fishing boat from Pali village in Bhayander (west) with six men onboard is stuck in the high sea since Saturday. The fishermen on the boat have taken rescue on a non-operational rig of the Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC). The men will be rescued after the intensity of the Cyclone Tauktae reduces, said fishermen leader Bernard Dmello.

Six people have lost their lives so far in the Cyclone Tauktae-hit coastal and surrounding Malnad districts of Karnataka, officials said on Monday. According to a situation report by Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority officials, till this morning, 121 villages and 22 taluks have been affected by the cyclone so far. (PTI)

In the first incident, a woman vegetable seller Nita Naik (50) and a pedestrian Sunandabai Gharat (55) were killed after a temple's wall collapsed on them in Uran market. While Naik was killed on the spot as she was declared brought dead at the hospital, the pedestrian Gharat succumbed to her grievous injuries during treatment at NMMC hospital in Vashi.

Suburban train services between CSMT and Wadala on Central Railway's Harbour line were suspended on Monday from 1:20pm due to water-logging on the tracks near Masjid station in the wake of cyclone Tauktae heading towards the coast of Gujarat, an official said. (PTI)

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Monday said a barge with 261 of its personnel deployed for offshore drilling in Bombay High in the Arabian Sea got de-anchored and started drifting because of the cyclonic storm Tauktae.

Two barges with 410 persons on board have gone adrift off the Mumbai coast as the cyclonic storm 'Tauktae' over the Arabian Sea intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is expected to reach Gujarat coast Monday evening, officials said. (PTI)

So far, 12,420 residents were relocated to safer places from the coastal areas. Mumbai, Thane & Palghar districts are on orange alert while Raigad district is on red alert: Maharashtra Chief Ministers Office

At 1.40pm, the cyclone lay centered at 162km south-southeast of Diu, and 145 km west-northwest of Mumbai. The cyclone is moving northwards at the speed of 13 kmph. Heavy to very heavy rainfall expected across coastal regions of Gujarat.

Local trains services of the Central Railway were disrupted between suburban Ghatkopar and Vikhroli for about half-an-hour as a tree fell on an overhead wire while a train was heading towards neighbouring Thane, a railway spokesperson said. Services on the harbour line, that provides rail connectivity to Navi Mumbai, were also affected after a vinyl banner fell on an overhead wire between Chunabhatti and Guru Tej Bahadur stations around 11.45 am. The banner was removed after about half-an-hour and train services were resumed, he said.