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Cyclone Tauktae - an 'extremely severe cyclonic storm' - is "very likely" to make landfall in Gujarat's Bhavnagar between 10 and 11 pm, with winds up to 165 km per hour. At 2.30 pm it was 165 km west-northwest of Mumbai and moving at 15 km per hour. Gusty winds and heavy showers lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday as the “very severe cyclonic storm” Tauktae headed towards Gujarat, uprooting trees and disrupting local train services in the metropolis, officials said. The IMD has warned of extremely heavy rain and wind speed upto 120 kmph over the next few hours, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in the afternoon. The Bandra-Worli sea-link was closed for traffic in view of the strong winds and people were asked to take alternate routes, another senior official of the BMC said. The Colaba area in south Mumbai recorded a wind speed of 102 km per hour around 11 am, the highest for the day so far. Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy deploys three of its frontline warships after receiving messages to rescue over 400 people onboard two barges off Mumbai coast. Cyclone Tauktae: Orange, yellow rain alerts for MP districts Mumbai Airport operations closure has been extended up to 2000 hours Indian Coast Guard Ship Samarth responding to a distress call rescued 15 crew from a fishing boat named Milad, off Goa coast today. All crew are safe and boat is being towed ashore.