Cyclone Phailin, the strongest storm to hit India in more than a decade, destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of crops, but more than 20 hours after it made landfall in Orissa state on the ...
The horror and triumph of the 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone remain stitched into the very fabric of how people in Odisha and across India think about storms like Cyclone Montha today. That fateful October ...
As a precautionary measure, the state government has deployed over 5,000 highly skilled personnel in 24 teams of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), five from NDRF and 99 Fire Service teams in ...
In Jodhpur Park, a neighborhood in South Kolkata, India, a family of seven raced Wednesday night to bolt the windows, pad the doors and wait. Then the lights went out and the wind began to whip, ...
Cyclone Phailin, the strongest storm to hit India in more than a decade, destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of crops, but more than 20 hours after it made landfall in Orissa state on the ...
India’s ability to predict cyclones has improved markedly, with measurable gains in forecast accuracy for cyclone track, intensity and landfall location.