India gets World Bank credit to mitigate cyclones

Bank to extend US $412.4 million for capacity building in eight coastal states

Hudhud, Kashmir flooding 2014’s costliest catastrophes, says report

While Hudhud caused $11 billion worth of damages, the flooding in the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir was worth $18 billion

Hudhud: five tribals buried alive in landslide in Andhra Pradesh’s Araku

With this, cyclone death toll has reached 35

Floods in 4 states lead to economic loss of Rs 19,000 crore in past one year

Close to 20 million people displaced or affected

Some villages made their own disaster plan

People say it was lessons from 1999 super cyclone and media warnings that helped save lives during cyclone Phailin

‘Scale of disaster would depend on where Phailin hits’

M R Ramesh Kumar from National Institute of Oceanography on Phailin and the cyclone vulnerability of Bay of Bengal

‘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