The 1999 super cyclone centred over coastal areas of the state for three days was accompanied by torrential rain as a tidal surge of about 7 to 10 meter swept 40 to 50 km inland, it said. The ...
BHUBANESHWAR, India (Reuters) - As the fiercest storm to hit India this century barreled across the Bay of Bengal last week, a local mandarin frantically worked the phones from his hot and humid ...
Odisha State Disaster Management Authority--country’s first such authority set up after the 1999 super cyclone--is holding 6 state-wide consultations to finalise the roadmap, to be unveiled on October ...
Odisha, frequently hit by cyclones, is seeking special category status to aid in recovery efforts. BJD member Sasmit Patra ...
(AP) An immense, powerful cyclone that lashed the eastern Indian coast, forcing 500,000 people to evacuate and causing widespread damage, weakened Sunday after making landfall. Five people died in the ...
BJD member Sasmit Patra on Monday raised the demand for the grant of special category status to Odisha, which often faces devastating cyclones, in the Rajya Sabha. Patra suggested that the Centre ...
Cyclone Phailin, which tore into India’s eastern coast on Saturday evening, has left behind a trail of destruction, but no major human life loss. The Associated Press reported on Sunday evening that ...