Impact Assessment of Tropical Cyclone Tauktae on Coastal Region of Gujarat, India

Abstract

Tropical cyclones are among the most destructive forces on the globe, and their powerful winds, high devastating storm surges, and major flooding are all capable of causing widespread devastation. A sudden intensification to a severe cyclonic storm occurred when Tauktae began to parallel the coasts of the Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. Tauktae made landfall on May 17, 2021 in Diu, Gujarat. This article incorporates an overview of effect on severely impacted area in the Gujarat due to Tauktae. Around 64 people died in Gujarat as a result of the devastating Tauktae cyclone. This study seeks to identify who might be at risk in various situations. This study's findings will be beneficial to officials in the field of disaster management as well as those in determining how to minimize the loss of life and property during cyclones in India.

Dynamics of land, ocean, and atmospheric parameters associated with Tauktae cyclone

“…India suffers from frequent cyclones in the east and west coastal regions (Chauhan et al, 2018). Cyclones are known to in uence atmospheric, meteorological, ocean parameters and ocean productivity ( (Shanas et al, 2023), upper ocean responses (Mohanty et al, 2022), microphysics of rainfall and thunderstorm (Chakravarty et al, 2022) and impact assessment at Gujrat coastal region (Keriwala et al, 2022). Previous studies discussed various Tauktae phenomena but were limited to the relationship between atmospheric and meteorological factors over land-ocean.…”

“…After landfall, a fall in temperature was observed, which presented the depression of the cyclone (Fig.2). This rising temperature originated and intensi ed the cyclonic circulations(Kundu et al, 2001;Chauhan et al, 2018;Chauhan et al, 2021;and Keriwala, 2022). The vertical pro les of sea temperature using Argo were computed along the cyclone tracks for May 2021.…”