Wind speed of over 100 km per hour uprooted around 600 trees and damaged few houses in Mumbai as cyclone Tauktae grazed past coastal Maharashtra. We have pictures of tree collapse incidents.
Updated On: 2021-05-18 02:38 PM IST
As Tauktae headed for Gujarat as an "extremely severe cyclone", wind speed of around 114 km per hour in Mumbai led to tree collapses across the city. About 215 trees crashed, damaging cars and blocking roads in south Mumbai. In the western suburbs, 303 trees fell, while 93 trees could not withstand the strong winds in the eastern suburbs.
In picture: A tree crashed on parked vehicles at Five Gardens in Matunga. Fortunately, there weren't people in the vehicles and no injuries were reported in the incident. Pic: Shadab Khan
In picture: A tree fell on the road at Matunga blocking vehicular traffic. Later, the civic body workers removed the tree and cleared the road for smooth vehicular movement.
Photo: Pradip Dhivar
The BMC received 4,848 distress calls during the day. Seven people were injured Mumbai, while three people are missing at sea, said authorities.
In picture: A tree collapse incident at Kandivli on Monday evening. Photo: Satej Shinde
A huge tree collapsed at Walkeshwar in south Mumbai damaging several parked cars on Tuesday, a day after cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc in Mumbai. Pic: Bipin Kokate
Cyclone Tauktae forced airport authorities to shut operations for the most part of the day and left its impact on local trains, Mumbai Metro and BEST services as well.
In picture: A tree collapse at BKC, photo: Sayyed Sameer Abedi
In picture: A tree crashed on a busy road in Kandivli leading to slow vehicular movement. Normalcy was restored after civic body workers removed the tree.
Pic: Satej Shinde
In picture: A tree collapses near the BMC headquarters in South Mumbai
Pic: Ashish Raje
Visuals of a tree collapse near Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar
Pic: Ashish Raje
A tree fell on a busy road at Peddar Road in South Mumbai. The authorities reached the spot and removed the fallen tree
Pic: Ashish Raje
A tree collapsed outside Chitra Talkies in Dadar blocking the entrance to the theatre.
Pic: Suresh KK
A policeman inspects a fallen tree that crashed due to strong windy conditions at Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai.
Pic: Ranjit Jadhav
A house was damaged after a tree fell on the structure at Gokul Nagar in Thane
Pic: Sameer Markande
A tree crashes on a car damaging the vehicle in Mumbai's western suburbs. Photo: Pallav Paliwal
