<span style="color: black;">Cyclone Tauktae caused heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in six districts of Karnataka last night.<br />'' <br />''A heavy downpour with wind speed of over 70 kms per hour was experienced along the Karnataka coast.<br />'' <br />''Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru districts recorded over 64.5 mm rainfall yesterday night.<br />'' <br />''Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa spoke to the Deputy Commissioners of coastal districts today, asking them to visit the cyclone affected places, speed up rescue and relief measures and initiate a process for the compensation for the losses.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, the rain and wind have subsided in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada now.<br />'' <br />''Orange- will be in force for the next two days. Fishermen are advised not to venture into rivers and sea in the coastal areas.<br />'' <br />''The Disaster management cell has reported that the rain and wind since the last few days have killed four persons, damaged 112 houses, 139 electric poles and 22 transformers.<br />'' <br />''There are 298 persons in 11 relief camps and 318 persons were evacuated.<br />'' <br />''Two TUG vessels were caught in the storm on Arabian sea on Saturday.<br />'' <br />''Out of nine workers on board a vessel, three braved the storm and returned safely to the shore.<br />'' <br />''One was found dead and another five are still missing.<br />'' <br />''The Coast Guards were making efforts to rescue another eight workers struck in another TUG vessel working for the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited. </span><br />