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Mumbai (India), May 17 (EFE / EPA) .- India has evacuated more than 135,000 people on the western coast of the country before the arrival of the "extremely severe" cyclone Tauktae, which will make its landfall this Monday with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour while the country registers the highest numbers of Covid-19 cases in the world.FOOTAGE OF THE DESTRUCTION GENERATED BY THE CYCLONE IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
At least six people have died in torrential rain and winds as virus-hit India braces for powerful Cyclone Tauktae. India's first major tropical storm this season is moving northwards in parallel with the country's western coast. In the resort state of Goa, where at least two people have died, power supply has been hit while some 200 houses have been damaged, roads blocked and trees uprooted. IMAGES
Mumbai, June 3 (EFE/EPA).-Cyclone Nisarga hit the western coast of India on Wednesday, bringing along strong winds and heavy rainfall in the region around Mumbai, the country's financial capital and it's most populous city with over 20 million people.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the storm in the Arabian Sea had a wind speed of 74 km per hour (46 miles per hour) at 12:30 pm local time.(Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOTLIST: STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN MUMBAI AS THE RESULT OF CYCLONE NISARGA.
Workers and emergency personnel clear the scene following a train crash in Bangladesh which killed at least 17 people and injured 100 others. The crash in the eastern city of Bhairab saw a freight train smash into a passenger train travelling in the opposite direction, derailing two passenger carriages. IMAGES
Cyclone Biparjoy slams into the Indian beach town of Mandvi, with strong winds and rain rocking street signs and shaking palm trees. Gusts of wind and sheets of rain reduced visibility with a dull grey mist as almost all stores were closed. Forecasters had warned that Biparjoy was likely to devastate homes and tear down power lines, prompting evacuations. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).