Heavy rain, gusty winds cause destruction in Ahmedabad as cyclone Tauktae moves northward

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Four people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pounded parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the western coast, officials said on Tuesday. The landfall process of the eye of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una, ended around midnight, the IMD said. It crossed the Gujarat coast as an "extremely severe cyclonic storm" and gradually weakened.