Cyclone Tauktae: A West Coast Calamity

As cyclone Tauktae battered India’s west coast, the navy had to launch several rescue operations. But what is making these cyclones so common?

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00:00This is one of the most challenging search and rescue operations I have seen in the last

00:26four decades.

00:50Four of our Indian Navy ships are on site, that is INS Kochi, INS Kolkata, INS Talwar

00:58and INS Betwa.

00:59For the last 20 hours, these units have been battling to search and rescue as many people

01:06as they can through the dark night and challenging weather conditions.

01:36This is one of the most challenging search and rescue operations I have seen in the last

02:03four decades.

02:04This is one of the most challenging search and rescue operations I have seen in the last

02:05four decades.