These rescued fishermen were clinging to floating debris after their fishing boat sank. They are planned to be handed over to the Banglades...

Although cyclone Sitrang has not made landfall in India, it has battered coastal regions of Bengal and brought heavy rainfall in Assam.

Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific -- are a regular menace but scientists say climate chan...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to the people to "stay alert" as there is a high chance of rain on Tuesday du...

The Bangladeshi media reported that the cyclone caused heavy rain in southeastern parts of the neighbouring country. It is very likely to w...

Approaching from the Bay of Bengal, Sitrang was expected to hit the southern coast near the Khepupara area of the Barishal-Chittaging early...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued "Red" and "Orange" alerts for heavy rainfall in several districts of Assam.

Kolkata, along with several other southern districts of West Bengal, woke up to light rain and an overcast sky on Monday as cyclone 'Sitran...

"Due to the cyclonic storm over West Central Bay of Bengal and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal and its likely intensification into a s...

An emergency control room has been opened at state secretariat Nabanna and a team of 10 senior bureaucrats are part of the emergency team t...

It is very likely to bring heavy to very heavy rain in coastal districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas, and heavy rainfall in ...

The weather system moved west-northwestward and concentrated into a depression on Saturday at 8.30am, close to west of Andaman Islands, the...

The West Bengal government has initiated the process of evacuating people from low-lying areas in several districts, officials said. It has...

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...