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Cyclone Asani weakens as it approaches Andhra coast
According to the weather office, the cyclone could damage thatched...
Cyclone Asani: Several flights delayed, cancelled due to bad weather
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Cyclone Fani: Death toll rises to 29 in Odisha, CM announces relief package
Announcing a relief package for those affected by the calamity, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said all families in Puri and in those parts of Khurda, which had been “extremely severely affected” in the storm, will get 50 kg of rice, Rs 2,000 in cash and polythene sheets, if covered under the Food Security Act (FSA).
From its formation to landfall, how IMD tracked cyclone ‘Fani’
Data was processed under different weather models by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida. These two institutes have two supercomputers that process data. Twelve hours before the landfall, we kept sending updates on locations to concerned states every half hour using our radars, besides releasing hourly bulletins, IMD’s Director General K J Ramesh. said
How do you save a million people from a cyclone? Odisha has the answer
This is so different from 20 years ago, when a fearsome cyclone blasted into this same area and obliterated villages, killing thousands. Many people were caught flat-footed in their homes. Some of the dead were found miles from where they had lived, dragged away by raging cascades.
Cyclone Fani laeves 12 dead, causes severe disruptions, damages properties and crops in Orissa
Summer crops, orchards and plantations have been devastated in large scale, said government sources. Also, mobile towers at many places were blown away, disrupting telecommunication services. “All telecom services are down in Puri district,” said Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi
Cyclone Fani moving towards Bangladesh, no major impact in Bengal
“It is very likely to move further north-northeastwards and enter Bangladesh around noon as a deep depression with wind speeds of 50-60 kmph, gusting to 70 kmph,” Deputy Director General of the Regional Meteorological Centre here Sanjib Bandyopadhyay told PTI.
Cyclone Fani:Massive restoration and relief work launched in Orissa
The extremely severe cyclonic storm, which made landfall at Puri on Friday, unleashed copious rain and windstorm that gusted up to 200 kmph, blowing away thatched roofs of houses, swamped towns and villages, before weakening and entering West Bengal, they said.
UN praises India’s zero casualty policy, evacuation of 1 million
“The almost pinpoint accuracy of the warnings, the early warnings from the IMD, allows them to conduct a very well targeted evacuation plan which resulted in 1.1 million people mainly moving to about 900 cyclone shelters.”
Severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ heading towards Odisha
The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), the country’s top body to deal with emergency situation, Monday took stock of the situation arising out of cyclone ‘Fani’ and assured the state governments concerned of all assistance from the central government to face the storm.
Cyclone ‘Fani’ may turn into severe storm, NDRF, Coast Guard on high alert
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is closely monitoring the situation and has directed Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to convene a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to take stock of the situation with the state governments and the central ministries and agencies concerned to ensure necessary preparations to deal with the situation.
Cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ to intensify into ‘severe cyclonic storm’: IMD
“It is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during next 12 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm during subsequent 24 hours,” the IMD said.
Heavy falls at isolated places are very likely over Kerala on April 29 and 30.