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Sundarbans has 'lost 110 square kilometres of mangroves in two decades'"Huge mangroves were lost in the British era as well. There is a 5.2 mm rise in sea levels in the Sunderbans. People have been affected by ...- Aila, Amphan, Asani: What's in a cyclone's name?With Cyclone Asani -- a name given by Sri Lanka that means 'wrath' in Sinhalese -- formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtli...
- Scientists devise novel method for early detection of tropical cyclonesSo far, remote sensing techniques have detected them the earliest. However, this detection was possible only after system developed as a we...
- 'Everything gone': People of Sundarbans stare at bleak futureWith livelihood lost and homes washed away, observers of the Sundarbans region feel the ecologically-fragile region, which has been under s...
- UN chief following cyclone Amphan situation in India, Bangla; saddened by loss of livesUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he is following the situation in India and Bangladesh after cyclone Amphan struck the t...
- Cyclone Amphan considered even more destructive than Cyclone Aila: UNCyclone Amphan, the strongest to hit the region in nearly two decades, made landfall on Wednesday evening.It has battered several parts of ...
- Kolkata on edge of disasterKolkata may be living on borrowed time, waiting for a disaster to happen.The city has been listed among the top 20 metros in the world that...
- Giving cyclone a name- a systematic procedureYou might not know when the next cyclone will hit northern Indian Ocean, but you can be sure it will be called Ward and after that it will ...
- Sundarbans proving black hole for men searching livelihoodMale population is dwindling fast in Jamespur and Annpur villages in the vast swathes of Sundarbans where every household has lost at least...
- No relief for Buddhadeb from fury of Aila victimsFor second time in last three days, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was heckled at Hingalgunj when he visited a relief c...
- W Bengal finance minister to meet Pranab for storm assistanceWest Bengal finance minister Asim Dasgupta will urge finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday to expedite Rs 1000 crore central assista...
- Don’t give aid to Bengal, Mamata tells CentreThe feud between resurgent Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee and CPM-led government in West Bengal has escalated , spreading to the issue of...
- Buddhadeb, Pranab discuss cyclone AilaWest Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held a 30-minute closed door meeting with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee at Kolkata a...
- Tigress enters home to escape cyclone furyA family in a village near the Sundarbans, terrified by the ferocity of cyclone Aila, had a bigger shock awaiting them on Monday when they ...
- Hungry Aila tide swallows a dozen tigersAs the human toll from Monday’s cyclone rose to 64, beat officers and range officials in the Sunderbans feared hundreds of herbivores and a...
- Mamata keeps track of victims, Buddhadeb assures more helpIt's team Buddha vs Mamata on ground zero.
- Cyclone Aila swallows Sunderbans tigersForest wardens fear that as the cyclone Aila tore through the Sunderbans, it may have killed more than a dozen of the highly endangered Ben...
- West Bengal: Cyclone toll rises to 45, rescue ops beginThe highest number of 20 deaths occurred in South 24 Parganas district.
- Aila hits West Bengal, 23 killedAt least 23 persons were killed and 1 lakh people hit in WB.
- Cyclone Aila pounds Orissa, West BengalThree people were killed on Monday as cyclone Aila crossed the coast into West Bengal. People struggled with their umbrellas against a stro...
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