Video! Cyclone Tauktae: 'Woman has a narrow escape as giant tree falls on street

A woman had a narrow escape when she managed to move away from the spot just in time as a tree uprooted and fell there. The whole incident was captured in a video on 17th May. In the video the woman who can be seen walking on the streets manages to dodge the branches of tree just in the nick of time.

Mumbai received heavy rain and wind on Monday in wake of Cyclone Tauktae. 

As Cyclone Tauktae continues to impact several states on the Western Coast including Gujarat, damaging structures, electricity lines, and uprooting trees, the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday informed that the cyclone is continuing to show a weakening trend.

"Extremely severe" Cyclone Tauktae unleashed devastating winds that reached speeds up to 190 kilometres per hour as the storm made landfall in Gujarat, damaging structures, electricity lines, and uprooting trees.

In a tweet by the meteorological department said, "The Cyclone continues to show weakening trend. Eye is disorganising, wall cloud is weakening."

#WATCH | Mumbai: A woman had a narrow escape when she managed to move away from the spot just in time as a tree uprooted and fell there. (17.05.2021)

Mumbai received heavy rain and wind yesterday in wake of #CycloneTauktae

(Source: CCTV footage) pic.twitter.com/hsYidntG7F

— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2021