The BMC has also warned people against going near the sea.

Considering the warning about Tauktae, the BMC has cancelled the vaccination drive for Monday across all public centres. Briefing Union home minister Amit Shah about MaharashtraвЂ™s preparedness, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said the state has issued alerts to coastal districts and taken steps to ensure that power and medical oxygen supply to hospitals in those areas do not get disrupted. The Coast Guard said that all fishing boats, except 18 in Maharashtra and one in Gujarat, have reached their harbours or taken shelter at nearby ports. The state disaster management cell said that over 6,500 residents from the coastal districts of Ratnagiri (3,896), Sindhudurg (144) and Raigad (2,500) have been shifted to safer places.

On Sunday, cloudy skies persisted almost all through the day, with the Colaba observatory recording no rain and Santacruz trace rainfall. It was 320 km south-southwest of Mumbai and very likely to intensify during the next 24 hours. IMD said cyclonic storm Tauktae was over east central Arabian Sea on Sunday evening and moving north-northwestwards at 16 kmph. For Raigad, a red alert has been issued, forecasting extremely heavy rain at isolated places. Mumbai: The weather bureau has upgraded its Monday alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar from green to orange (indicates heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places).

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