Cyclone Montha: How did the storm get its name and what does it mean?Cyclone Montha is poised to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, with landfall expected Tuesday, bringing heavy rains to Andhra Pradesh,...
28 Oct, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Chennai school holiday declared: What students need to know as Cyclone Montha brings heavy rain to Tamil NaduCyclone Montha's intensification over the Bay of Bengal prompted the Tamil Nadu government to declare a school holiday in Chennai and nearb...
28 Oct, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
Cyclone Dana: Odisha, West Bengal brace for impact; all you need to knowIMD predicts heavy rainfall in Odisha and West Bengal due to Cyclone Dana. The cyclone is likely to hit on October 24, prompting emergency ...
24 Oct, 2024, 11.24 AM IST
Cyclone Dana prompts major school closures: Here's how West Bengal and Odisha are battling the incoming stormCyclone Dana, expected to make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal on October 24, has prompted the closure of schools in 14 districts o...
23 Oct, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Cyclone Remal to make landfall tonight with 135 kmph winds, coastal areas of Bengal and Bangladesh on high alertCyclone Remal, the first pre-monsoon cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this season, is expected to make landfall between the coasts of West Beng...
26 May, 2024, 03.17 PM IST
Cyclone Remal: A severe cyclone is heading towards India; here's all you need to knowCyclone Remal: Bay of Bengal is currently experiencing a cyclone, 'Remal', which is expected to make landfall on May 26 over West Bengal an...
24 May, 2024, 08.01 PM IST
Cyclone Michaung: 29 NDRF teams deployed in parts of southern India for relief, rescue operationsA total of 29 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Puducherry to ...
05 Dec, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
How cyclones get their names: Who named cyclone Biparjoy and what it means?Have you ever wondered how the cyclones get their names? Cyclone Biparjoy, the latest tropical storm brewing in the Arabian Sea, has been m...
16 Jun, 2023, 12.17 PM IST
Why are cyclones with female names deadlier? Research explainsThe study used more than six decades of death rates from US hurricanes to show that feminine-named hurricanes cause significantly more deat...
16 Jun, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
Cyclone Mocha: How and why cyclones are namedFor the Indian Ocean region, a formula for naming cyclones was agreed upon in 2004. Eight countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Mald...
10 May, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
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...
08 May, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Over 300 births recorded amid cyclone fury, parents rush to name newborns 'Yaas'Several of these children were born on Tuesday night, when the cyclonic storm was approaching the country's eastern coast, while there are ...
27 May, 2021, 05.58 PM IST
Tauktae likely to intensify into 'very severe cyclonic' storm with wind speed up to 175 kmph: IMDFrom May 16-19, it is very likely to intensify into a "very severe cyclonic storm" with a wind speed of 150-160 kilometres per hour gusting...
14 May, 2021, 07.27 PM IST
Cyclone 'Tauktae': NDRF earmarks 53 teams for five statesOut of the 53 teams, he said, 24 have been pre-deployed or stationed on the ground while the rest are on stand-by. A single NDRF team compr...
14 May, 2021, 01.35 PM IST
Mala, Helen, Nargis: How are cyclones named?Mritunjay Mohapatra, the additional director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said Fani, pronounced as 'Foni', means a...
03 May, 2019, 07.58 PM IST
Cyclone Fani: 6 things you should know about this severe cycloneThe name of the Cyclone 'Fani', pronounced as 'Foni' was suggested by Bangladesh. It means 'Snake' or 'hood of snake'.
03 May, 2019, 09.41 AM IST
Odisha, Andhra Pradesh brace for 'very severe' cyclone, Phailin to hit coast tomorrowPhailin is expected to make landfall near Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the eastern state after crossing an area between Paradip in Odisha...
11 Oct, 2013, 06.35 PM IST