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Passage: Cyclone Tauktae, the biggest to hit the region in decades, made landfall in Gujarat at around 8.30 pm on 17th May, 2021, packing winds with speeds of 155-165 kilometres per hour, gusting to 190 km/hour. After the landfall ended around midnight, the weather office downgraded the storm from 'extremely severe' to 'very severe'. It later said in a tweet that the cyclone was weakening further.

In a relief to the people, the IMD, in its tweet after midnight, also announced that Cyclone Tauktae has weakened into a "very severe cyclonic storm" from the "extremely severe cyclonic storm". "The entire eye of the cyclone has now crossed the coast and lies over land. The rear sector of the eye is now entering the land" the IMD tweeted.

Meanwhile, flight operations at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, halted for hours due to the cyclone, have been resumed. The cyclone triggered strong winds with the highest-ever speed of 114 kilometres per hour in Mumbai.

Multiple Choice

From the below mentioned options, choose the one that is correct about the Cyclone Tauktae-

• It has been named by Bangladesh, Tauktae means “Shark” in Sylheti language.

• It has been named by Myanmar, Tauktae means “Gecko”, a highly vocal lizard, in Burmese dialect.

• It has been named by Sri Lanka, Tauktae means “Hummingbird”, in Sinhala.

• It has been named by Pakistan, Tauktae means “ Powerful”, in the Pashto language.