Cyclone Tauktae: Army Teams Carry Out Recce, Relief Operations in Diu
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Cyclone Tauktae: Army Teams Carry Out Recce, Relief Operations in Diu

News 18  

As Cyclone Tauktae caused havoc in several parts of the country including Diu, the Army continued to carry out recce and relief operations at the damaged areas. The Task Force Commander, along with Team Commanders, carried out recce of Diu from 6 am to 9 am on Tuesday and interacted with the District Collector and the Superintendent of Police there. The landfall process of the eye of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which had hit the Gujarat coast in the Saurashtra region between Diu and Una on Monday night, ended around midnight, the India Meteorological Department said. The landfall process had started with the entry of the “forward sector of the eye of the cyclone” into the land near Diu with a wind speed of between 150 and 175 km per hour, IMD officials said.

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