China News Service, May 17-According to "Central News Agency", tropical cyclone "Tauktae" (Tauktae) carried a storm and hit India, killing 8 people.

Local officials said on the 16th that 150,000 residents along the western coast of Gujarat will be evacuated from their homes, and vaccination work is expected to be suspended for two days.

  According to reports, India, which was hit hard by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, is now suffering from natural disasters again, and "Taute" has become India's first powerful tropical storm this season.

The Bureau of Meteorology of India stated that "Taute" traveled north along the western coast of India, carrying heavy rain and strong winds to several provinces.

  The Bureau of Meteorology of India predicts that "Taute" will land on the coast of Gujarat on the early morning of the 17th, with wind speeds of 155 km to 165 km per hour, with the strongest gusts of 185 km per hour.

  The disaster management authority stated that heavy rain and strong winds hit Karnataka State and killed 4 people.

In addition, several towns and villages were flooded, causing property damage.

  Sawant, the chief minister of the tourist attraction Goa, also stated that two people died in the province, about 200 houses were damaged, trees were uprooted, and roads were blocked.

In addition, two people were killed in Kerala, and 23 fishermen may be missing.

  Gujarat government officials said that 150,000 people in the coastal areas of the province will be evacuated, and the local vaccination operations on the 17th and 18th are expected to be suspended.

  India is still suffering from the second wave of the new crown epidemic, the medical system is on the verge of collapse, hospital beds, oxygen and medicine are in short supply, and the tropical cyclone attack will further complicate the local anti-epidemic situation.