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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,...
Cyclone Dana: Trains to and from Odisha to run as scheduled post landfall, Railways confirmsTrain operations have resumed in India's eastern coast after Cyclone Dana, which brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to Odisha, leading...
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 ...
Phailin to Amphan: A look at deadliest cyclones that hit India in last 10 yearsWith Biparjoy bringing the vulnerability of India's coastal communities to natural disasters back into focus, here is a look at the notable...
Cyclone likely in Bay of Bengal around May 9 : IMDKeeping in view the weather development, the Odisha government has already put collectors of 18 coastal and adjoining districts and officia...
India faced 117 cyclones from 1970-2019, over 40,000 lives lost: StudyCurrently, the eastern part of the country in facing 'very severe cyclonic storm' Yaas which battered the Odisha and West Bengal coasts on ...
UN agencies ready to support Cyclone Yaas response efforts in India: UN spokesperson"From South Asia, which is being impacted currently by Tropical Cyclone Yaas, our humanitarian colleagues tell us that we have activated cy...
Cyclone Yaas to hit coastal regions of West Bengal, Odisha by May 26The new cyclone will also bring the crucial southwest monsoon winds along with it to the Andaman Sea by May 21, the first major milestone i...
Cyclone Yaas alert for West Bengal, Odisha for end of MayThe Cyclone Yaas weather system is likely to hit the eastern or the Coromandel coast of the country on the evening of May 26, the India Met...
Extreme weather events claimed lives of over 1.4 lakh people in last 50 years: PaperThe paper also stated that the period from 1970-2019 recorded 7,063 extreme weather events --- heat waves, cold waves, floods, lightning an...
India evacuates thousands threatened by cyclone amid coronavirus pandemicPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a meeting in New Delhi to plan how to mitigate damage and injuries. "The extremely severe cyclo...
Coal India offers Rs 50.32 crore for power line restoration in OdishaThe fund will be used to restore three 220 KV and two 132 KV damaged power transmission lines and for restructuring of transmission lines d...
'Fani had longest life span among tropical cyclones in the bay'The peculiarity of this strong cyclonic storm was the persistence of its intensity till it crossed the coast.
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...
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'.
Cyclone Fani makes landfall in Odisha; here's why most cyclones hit India’s east coastLast year, Cyclone Gaja had battered the Tamil Nadu coast, killing at least 20 people and causing widespread destruction.
IIT-B working with US scientists to predict storm surgeWith climate change and global warming triggering erratic and extreme weather events, the coastal states in India were vulnerable.
12 districts "very highly prone", 41 "highly prone" to cyclones: StudyWest Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Gujarat are more vulnerable to tropical cyclones, the study said.
Cyclone to hit Andhra, Odisha coast between 6 to 8 PMAccording to latest reports, the cyclone is 200 km off the Gopalpur coast which will be the centre of the cyclonic system.
Phailin to be one of the strongest cyclones to hit IndiaHours ahead of its landfall in Orissa, US experts have described Phailin as the strongest tropical cyclone to affect India in 14 years.