Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Cyclonic Storm over Lakshadweep area and adjoining southeast & east-central Arabian Sea ‘Tauktae’ is very likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm by today evening and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm by tomorrow morning. Due to which five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) left Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
According to the report, the Cyclonic Storm is very likely to move north-northwestwards and reach near Gujarat coast by the morning of May 18. And Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Odisha left from the capital city of Odisha on May 15 and to be deployed at the coastal areas of Gujarat that are likely to be hit by the Cyclonic Storm Tauktae.
The report further added that the NDRF Director General S N Pradhan informed that 53 teams have been committed to tackling any after-effects of the cyclonic storm. And the teams are being deployed in the coastal regions of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Out of the 53 teams, 24 have been pre-deployed or stationed on the ground while the rest are on stand-by. A single NDRF team comprises about 40 personnel and they are armed with tree and pole cutters, boats, basic medical aid and other relief and rescue pieces of equipment.
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