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Cyclone Murasu is likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight on November 2, with gusts up to 120 kmph. This map shows the observed track of the storm in black, the forecast path in red, along with wind distribution in the quadrant.
Climate Change

Cyclone Murasu threatens Andhra Pradesh days after Arnab leaves seven dead

Bhaskar Basava
3 min read
The cyclonic storm is forecast to make landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on the night of November 2–3, with winds gusting to 120 km/h
Kim Lea Holzmann, postdoctoral researcher at Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Germany
Climate Change

‘Lowland insects under stress’

Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Studies on insect species show heat tolerance is constrained by biological mechanisms; evolution is unlikely to keep pace with climate change impacts, says Kim Lea Holzmann, postdoctoral researcher at ...
Residents of Lingapur village in Odisha’s Gajapati district gather around a water tanker. Safedrinkingwater has become scarce in the aftermath of the floods.
Natural Disasters

Cyclone Arnab aftermath: Flood-hit villages in Odisha face drinking water crisis

Ashis Senapati
2 min read
Hundreds of thousands of people across Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts are struggling to access safe drinking water amid contaminated sources and disrupted supplies
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