The cyclone uprooted lakhs of trees in Odisha. Photo: Arabinda Mahapatra
The cyclone uprooted lakhs of trees in Odisha. Photo: Arabinda Mahapatra

Cyclone Fani: The tale of a weird storm

Here is our entire coverage on the cyclonic storm that barrelled through Odisha on May 3, 2019

Winds played a major role in Cyclone Fani's sudden intensification

The Odisha government now faces the challenge of setting up the entire electrification afresh In Puri and parts of KhurdaThe storm's abnormal rise and changing tracks fit a recent pattern. Read more

Cyclone Fani: Artisans to fishermen, trail of devastation has left none

A fisherman stands near his damaged boat in Penthakata village. Photo: Ashis SenapatiMost traditional workers in Odisha have no means to sustain themselves after the storm pummelled the state. Read the full story

Cyclone Fani: IMD and Odisha govt did a good job, but could have done better

NASA Earth Observatory images, which use the land science of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite, show lights in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack on April 30 and on May 5. Image: NASAThe weather agency and the state must look out for new ideas, focus on immediate response and long-term recovery instead of celebrating the evacuation success. The full story is here

Meet satellite Aeolus; it may better predict the next Fani

Photo: ESAJosef Aschbacher of the European Space Agency talks about the only satellite dedicated to measuring wind speeds after localised winds made it difficult for the IMD to forecast Cyclone Fani. The entire story can be read here

Fani damaged betel vineyards in Odisha

A paan farmer from Dhinkia village inspecting his flattened betel vineyards. Photo: Ashis SenapatiThe natural disaster, which claimed over 40 lives, has caused huge losses to around 8,000 paan farmers across Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Balasore and Bhadrak districts. Click here for the full story

Fani the longest-lived cyclone in Bay of Bengal: IMD chief

Photo: Getty ImagesIndia Meteorological Department’s Director General KJ Ramesh writes about how they prepared for the storm. Here's what he told Down To Earth

Cyclone Fani leaves Kendrapara weavers with broken looms, uncertain future

A damaged loom in Haripur village of Kendrapara district in Odisha. Photo: Ashis SenapatiAround 1,200 handloom weavers in the Odisha district have no means to earn. The entire story is here

Cyclone Fani: Five days on, Odisha still far from normal

Photo: Ashis SenapatiThe state government saved its people from Fani’s wrath, but the essentials to survive still remain scarce. There's more to the story, read here

Simply put: Life after cyclone Fani

Odisha’s tourism sector hit by Cyclone Fani

Photo: Ashis SenapatiThe cyclone hit Odisha coast at a time when large number of tourists were expected to flock to the state. Click here for the entire article

Tense Bengal breathes in relief as Cyclone Fani exits without much damage

Image: Earth NullschoolOn May 4, the cyclonic storm had turned into deep depression in Bangladesh. No major damage in West Bengal. Read the story done then

Cyclone Fani has been difficult to predict, but it’s not the first one

Cyclone uproots thousands of trees in Odisha. Photo: Ashis SenapatiCyclones Gaja, Titli and Ockhi had also intensified very quickly and taken weather forecasters and scientists by surprise. The full story is here

A photo story on Fani havoc across Odisha

Here is a series of pictures from Odisha after the cyclone made landfall in Puri district on May 3, 2019

Live coverage on May 3

Image: Earth NullschoolClick here to see the day-long live coverage of Cyclone Fani on May 3 when it made landfall 

Cyclone Fani: Act of God in Anthropocene?

Image: Getty ImagesNatural disasters as cyclones, its frequency and pace, must be directly linked to climate change. Here's the entire blog by Avilash Roul

Cyclone Fani leaves Odisha in the dark, paralysed

The storm killed 11 people in the state; left coastal areas without electricity, homes or crops. Here's the story done two days after the storm had passed

Rebuild to tame cyclones

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik appeals to all for help in rebuilding Puri and other cyclone-affected districts of Odisha. Photo: Twitter/Sudarsan PattnaikCommendable emergency response to cyclone Fani saved lives in Odisha, but now the state must build climate-resilient structures to minimise long-term cost of reconstruction. Read Anumita Roychowdhury's blog here

Fani to be second severe April cyclone to make landfall in India in 118 years

A photo by the website 'Earth Nullschool', showing Cyclone Fani in the Bay of BengalApril storms are rare and are usually extremely severe; the last such storm, Cyclone Nargis, devastated Myanmar in 2008. Click here for the full story

As Fani looms large, we should remember what a cyclone costs Odisha

Image: Getty ImagesOdisha, which is bracing up for the extremely severe cyclone that’s predicted to make landfall on May 3, faces two natural disasters every year. The full article is here

‘Severe’ cyclonic storm to hit Tamil Nadu on April 30

Photo: Getty ImagesThe weather agency had put the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on red alert (highest) on April 30 and May 1. This was when the storm was towards Tamil Nadu. But it ultimately made landfall in Puri. Here's the story

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