‘Hudhud may develop into a very severe cyclonic storm’
Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet, a private weather forecast agency, speaks to Kanika Kumria on how Hudhud developed, its likely …
Mangroves shield coastal villages from cyclones
As Odisha braces for super cyclone Phailin, a coastal village hopes the mangrove it nurtured will protect their homes
Vanishing islands of Bangladesh
Frequent natural disasters continue to inundate and erode many islands in the 'climate impact hot spot'
Cyclone Helen moves northwards
It might make a landfall near Machillipatnam
Cyclone hudhud impact: lower Assam flooded with hilsa
Fishers makes windfall gain as Brahmaputra river and several of its channels get swamped with much sought after variety of fish
Phailin, floods, now government apathy
People wait for food, water, medical aid, and assistance to rebuild homes
As Hudhud approaches, coastal people move to safer areas
Many people hit by Phailin last year yet to overcome food and water shortages, find source of livelihood
Historically prone to cyclones
26 of the 35 deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms
Odisha braces for cyclone Phailin
People in vulnerable villages in coastal districts are being evacuated to safe areas, cyclone shelters
Hudhud: Modi announces Rs 1,000 crore interim aid for Andhra Pradesh
State assesses initial damage assessed at over Rs 43,000 crore, excluding crop damage
Hudhud causes heavy rains across Chhattisgarh
Extensive agricultural damage expected
Hudhud ravages Vizag, kills three in Andhra Pradesh
Evacuation of people to safer areas helped minimise casualty
Hudhud death toll mounts to 35
Almost 250,000 people affected; more than 144,000 hectares of crop damaged
PM Modi to visit cyclone-affected Visakhapatnam on Tuesday
Andhra chief minister asks the Centre to declare cyclone ‘national calamity’
Relief and rehabilitation is next big challenge
Cyclone Phailin leaves behind a trail of destruction; people complain they have received no relief supply
Dumping garbage in rivers is now a crime in Maharashtra
Bombay High Court orders municipalities to register cases and take action against anyone who violates the law
Green tribunal bans quarrying in Sariska
Forest department found 84 stone and marble quarries operating within the tiger reserve and its buffer zone
Mass evacuation on in coastal districts
All two-storey government and NGO buildings, schools and colleges declared cyclone shelters
Tropical storm Hudhud: Odisha puts 16 districts on high alert
Residents of seaside villages start moving to safer areas; stock up rations
Urbanisation making us more susceptible to natural disasters, says global report
Calls for preparing communities and locals for possible disasters
Cyclones and climate change
Some climate models predict two- to seven- fold increase in the frequency of Hurricane Katrina magnitude events for a 1°C rise in global …
One person is displaced every second by disasters
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their …
Indian states in the grip of floods; 400,000 people affected
In just one week, flooding in multiple states has caused at least 32 deaths
Andhra Pradesh struck by over 60 cyclones in four decades
More than one cyclone in the same season is not unusual for the state
‘Climate change responsible for destruction caused by cyclone Pam’
South Pacific’s worst cyclone ever leaves world’s poorest state devastated