16 dead, million seek shelter as cyclone hits BangladeshCyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific -- are a regular menace but scientists say climate chan...
25 Oct, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
Cyclone Nivar: Hour of landfall nears, here's everything you need to knowAndhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka have been put on high alert, with 22 NDRF teams on standby. It is likely to intensify into a severe...
25 Nov, 2020, 06.15 PM IST
Cyclonic storm in Arabian Sea; IMD issues red alert to coastal Maharashtra, Gujarat for June 4It has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over south coastal Maharashtra for June 2-4, on north coast on June 2-3 and in Gujarat, Daman ...
02 Jun, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
Cyclone toll hits 95 as Bangladesh and India start mopping upIndia and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up on Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999 killed at least 95 people, leaving a trail ...
22 May, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in West Bengal, NDRF teams take Covid-19 precautionsWhile more than 500,000 people in West Bengal and 158,640 people in Odisha have been evacuated, disaster management officials said they are...
21 May, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Cyclone Amphan weakens into 'extremely severe' category, rain lashes several parts of OdishaIn a statement, the IMD said the super cyclonic storm Amphan over Westcentral and adjoining Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved nearly north-no...
19 May, 2020, 11.46 PM IST
Cyclone 'Amphan': 41 NDRF teams deployed in West Bengal, OdishaA total of 41 NDRF teams including reserves are deployed in two Amphan-affected states of Odisha and West Bengal. The NDRF Director General...
19 May, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
Amit Shah speaks to Mamata Banerjee and Navin Patnaik, assures all help for super cyclone 'Amphan'Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday spoke to chief ministers of West Bengal and Odisha - Mamata Banerjee and Navin Patnaik respectivel...
19 May, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
Cyclone Amphan: Everything you need to know about the super cycloneThe super cyclone Amphan is expected to weaken into an extremely severe cyclonic storm today even as it barrels towards West Begal coast
19 May, 2020, 01.56 PM IST
'Amphan' is serious; landfall on May 20 could be like 'Fani': NDRFNDRF chief said the coming cyclone is a "serious" one as it is only the second time after 1999 in Odisha that a storm hitting the country's...
18 May, 2020, 08.23 PM IST
Weathering Cyclone Fani: How Odisha is rebuilding lives and localities ravaged by itOdisha has been widely praised for its efforts before Fani, but now an equally challenging task lies ahead.
12 May, 2019, 12.52 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
Centre building new system for lightning alerts: IMD officialThe top IMD official also complimented the Odisha government for talking "proactive steps" in building proper infrastructure to ensure safe...
18 Jan, 2019, 01.43 PM IST
Cyclone Helen poses a threat to second ODI on November 24Cricket fans hope it will not rain too heavily during the next two or three days and the match will go on unhindered.
22 Nov, 2013, 12.09 AM IST
Cyclone Phailin: Manmohan Singh announces interim relief of Rs 1000 crEx-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured has been announced from the PM's Nat...
09 Nov, 2013, 05.24 PM IST
General insurers may not see much losses from 'Phailin'Industry officials also point out that penetration of general insurance industry is poor among individual customers in these regions.
13 Oct, 2013, 06.40 PM IST
Cyclone Phailin hits Odisha, north Andhra coast; 5 killedThe extent of damage wreaked by the cyclone was not immediately available. Three people were killed in Odisha in the heavy rains.
12 Oct, 2013, 11.10 PM IST