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PM Manmohan Singh will make an aerial survey on Saturday of areas hit by cyclone Phailin in Odisha and AP to see the damage caused.

They were born at a time when cyclone Phailin hit land close to the Gopalpur coast on the October 12 night.

Phailin weakened further turning into "deep depression" with wind speed of 45-55 kmph and currently lay over northern Chhattisgarh.

Industry officials also point out that penetration of general insurance industry is poor among individual customers in these regions.

General insurance industry is unlikely to see much losses arising from the cyclonic storm Phailin that hit the eastern coast last night.

Phailin’s trajectory and intensity are similar to the super-cyclone of 1999 that killed 10,000 people in Odisha.

Cyclone Phailin kept its stormy date with the Odisha coast, striking just off Gopalpur around 9.15 pm on Saturday with winds raging at 200 ...

The extent of damage wreaked by the cyclone was not immediately available. Three people were killed in Odisha in the heavy rains.

"We are ready with 5 lakh tonnes of foodgrains for distribution to cyclone-affected people in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha," Food Minister K V...

With Phailin gradually coming closer to the state's coast, sources in special relief commissioner's (SRC) office said water level along the...

According to latest reports, the cyclone is 200 km off the Gopalpur coast which will be the centre of the cyclonic system.

Hours ahead of its landfall in Orissa, US experts have described Phailin as the strongest tropical cyclone to affect India in 14 years.

As the countdown for the cyclone Phailin begins, the IMD expected its landfall will take place at about 6 pm tomorrow.

The "very severe" storm Phailin is unlikely to turn into a "super cyclone" like the one which hit the coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pr...

Phailin is expected to make landfall near Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the eastern state after crossing an area between Paradip in Odisha...