Twelve people were reported dead before the storm hit land and hundreds of thousands were evacuated, a process complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. A bus was half submerged by rains from Cyclone Tauktae. Authorities raced to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinations in Gujurat ahead of the storm. Fishermen try to move a fishing boat to a safer ground on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai on Tuesday ahead of Cyclone Tauktae. "The potential impacts of Cyclone Tauktae are frightening as this monster storm threatens the state of Gujarat.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 01:18 UTC