Due to gusty winds, many tree branches have fallen on overhead wires and local trains between Ghatkopar- Vikhroli section on Kalyan-bound slow line. 

Fallen tree at Parsi Colony in Dadar. Photo/ Pradeep Dhivar

Strong winds and heavy rain at Dadar Chowpatty in Mumbai due to Cyclone Tauktae. Photo/ Pradeep Dhivar

Announcements were also made that Mumbai airport will be shut from 11 am to 2 pm as Cyclone Tauktae approaches.

In pic: Heavy rains at Samta Nagar in Kandivli due to Cyclone Tauktae. Photo/ Satej Shinde.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also announced that the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai will be closed for commute and have also advised people to take alternate routes.

In pic: Heavy rains at Samta Nagar in Kandivli due to Cyclone Tauktae. Photo/ Satej Shinde.

A decision has also been taken to suspend all Mumbai Monorail operations for the day in view of Cyclone Tauktae.

In pic: Heavy rains at Chembur-Santacruz Link Road. Photo/ Sameer Abedi

In pic: A tree branch collapses at Samta Nagar, Kandivli in Mumbai due to heavy winds and rain as Cyclone Tauktae crosses the city. Photo/ Satej Shinde

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Sunday took stock of the cyclone preparedness after visiting the BMC disaster control room.

In picture: BMC makes arrangements to shift Covid-19 patients from Jumbo facilites to city hospitals. Photo | Shadab Khan

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai has not received rains since Sunday morning though the sky is mostly overcast. However, the weather mainly remained windy in the city, the civic body added

Photo: Shadab Khan

During a virtual meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on preparations for tacking cyclone Tauktae, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said an alert has been sounded in coastal districts of the state and the administration has braced up to ensure uninterrupted electricity and oxygen supply in Covid-19 hospitals.

In picture: Covid-19 patients being shifted from BKC Jumbo Covid-19 hospital in Mumbai. Photo | Shadab Khan

Fishing boats are seen anchored near Manori koliwada in Mumbai on 16 May, 20210 following warning in view of cyclonic storm Tauktae building up in the Arabian sea.  Photo | Satej Shinde

Meanwhile, The Mumbai civic body on Sunday decided to keep its Covid-19 vaccination drive suspended for the third day on May 17 in view of the warning about cyclone Tauktae, municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said

Photo: Satej Shinde

The civic body has shifted 580 patients from Covid care centres in the city as a precautionary measure in view of the warning that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to pass close to the city, a BMC official said.

Photo | Shadab Khan

Cloudy weather over Bandra skyline in Mumbai as the city gears up for cyclonic storm Tauktae which is intensifying over the Arabian Sea

Photo | Shadab Khan

Cyclone Tauktae hit Goa on Sunday resulting in heavy rains and gusty winds that led to tree fall and resulted in power outage in many places in the state

Photo | Pallav Paliwal