2017 costliest year ever for weather, climate disasters: WMO reportWeather and climate-related events cost countries some USD 320 billion. More than 1,200 deaths were reported in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
- Scientist warns of more frequent cyclones in Arabian Sea
Gandhinagar, Jan 12 (IANS) Cyclonic turbulence is expected to increase in the Arabian Sea over the coming years, a scientist warned on Frid...
Ockhi: Rs 24 lakh compensation likely to next of kin of dead in KeralaThe central government is also likely to release the final financial assistance to cyclone-hit Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakhshadweep by the e...
PM Modi meets fishermen families hit by OckhiModi assured the fishermen community in the Ockhi-ravaged coastal Kerala that the Centre will provide all possible assistance to bring back...
Over 600 fishermen of TN, Kerala still missing after cycloneHouse-to-house verification process was going on and a final figure of the missing fishermen would be known once the process was over, a ho...
Ockhi cyclone: Search operations to continue; death toll 58Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has agreed to continue the search operations in the high seas as requested by the state, Vijayan ...
Cyclone Ockhi has not caused much damage to crops: S K Pattanayak, Agri SecretaryAccording to IMD, Ockhi has weakened into a deep depression early this morning and lay centred over west-central part of Bay of Bengal near...
Cyclone Ockhi dissipates, Gujarat sparedThe cyclone yesterday passed the Mumbai coast and much to the relief of the people in Maharashtra's capital, it just brought rains and ther...
Onion prices cool, but may go up as cyclone Ockhi hits its transportThe average wholesale price in Lasalgaon are ruling at Rs 25 a kg, down from Rs 35 on November 27.
Mumbai rains: Maharashtra government shuts schools, colleges as Cyclone Ockhi threat loomsAccording to an IMD official, a warning of heavy rainfall was issued in north Konkan and north Madhya Maharashtra.
NDMA asks fishermen in east and west coasts not to venture outFishermen living along and off South Gujarat and North Maharashtra coasts are advised not to venture into the sea till tomorrow morning.
Navy dispatches relief to cyclone-hit Lakshadweep islandsThe relief material, carried on Indian Navy ships, reached the island of Minicoy on Sunday and the Kavaratti and Kalpeni islands yesterday.
Mumbai braces for Cyclone Ockhi, government announces holiday in schoolsThe Maharashtra government has declared a holiday for schools in Mumbai and adjoining districts tomorrow due to the "serious weather predic...
71 Tamil Nadu fishermen, 248 from Kerala rescued: Defence minister Nirmala SitharamanIn addition to the fishermen from Tamil Nadu, 248 from Kerala and 38 from Lakshadweep Islands, were rescued by Airforce, Navy and Coast Gua...
Cyclone Ockhi cannot be declared national calamity: CentreKannanthanam, in the presence of Vijayan, earlier had stated that the state had received the cyclone alert only on November 30 and a clear ...
Over 500 fishermen rescued; Ockhi hovers over SE Arabian seaThe system is likely to move towards Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh in the next three to four days, the India Meteorological Departmen...
Heavy rains to lash south TN, Kerala due to cyclone OckhiA couple of trains, originating and passing through this district suffered partial to full cancellation, even as some of them were reschedu...