Moment Cyclone Vayu tosses 200kg water tanks into the air in India
- 5 years ago
This is the moment winds from Cyclone Vayu blew away hundreds of heavy water tanks in Dhule in western India on Wednesday.
The water tanks, made of tough polymer and weighing up to 200 kg each, were tossed around with ease by the heavy winds in video captured on June 12.
While the western state of Gujarat was worst-hit by Vayu, many other parts of the coast, including Dhule, also experienced strong winds and rain.
This incident occurred at a company yard owned by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation and was widely reported by local media.
Company officials sent a team of workers to carry out a stock check but were left helpless as the winds took hold. The staff took refuge to save themselves from injury.
''Even the trucks were dragged for several feet by the cyclone,'' an official said.
Meteorologists had expected Vayu to land on India's western coast on June 13, accompanied by top wind speeds of up to 180kmh. Officials had evacuated 300,000 people from towns and villages on the path of the cyclone.
But overnight Vayu changed its course and deflected back to the sea moving away from the coast.
The water tanks, made of tough polymer and weighing up to 200 kg each, were tossed around with ease by the heavy winds in video captured on June 12.
While the western state of Gujarat was worst-hit by Vayu, many other parts of the coast, including Dhule, also experienced strong winds and rain.
This incident occurred at a company yard owned by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation and was widely reported by local media.
Company officials sent a team of workers to carry out a stock check but were left helpless as the winds took hold. The staff took refuge to save themselves from injury.
''Even the trucks were dragged for several feet by the cyclone,'' an official said.
Meteorologists had expected Vayu to land on India's western coast on June 13, accompanied by top wind speeds of up to 180kmh. Officials had evacuated 300,000 people from towns and villages on the path of the cyclone.
But overnight Vayu changed its course and deflected back to the sea moving away from the coast.