Cyclone Fani leaves Kendrapara weavers with broken looms, uncertain future

Around 1,200 handloom weavers in the Odisha district have no means to earn

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

India Meteorological Department’s Director General KJ Ramesh writes about how they prepared for the storm

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

The state government saved its people from Fani’s wrath, but the essentials to survive still remain scarce

Simply put: Life after cyclone Fani

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

Cyclones Gaja, Titli and Ockhi had also intensified very quickly and taken weather forecasters and scientists by surprise

The Fani havoc across Odisha

With the speed of 175 kilometres per hour (kmph), cylone Fani made landfall in Odisha’s Puri district at 8.30 am on May 3, 2019

Fani weakens into deep depression, now in Bangladesh

It is now moving East Northeastwards and is expected to turn into a depression in five hours

Cyclone Fani kills five in Odisha

The storm hit Puri with a speed of 175 km per hour

Cyclone Fani to hit Odisha coast tomorrow afternoon

People in nine districts are being evacuated today

Odisha’s tourism sector hit by Cyclone Fani

The cyclone hit Odisha coast at a time when large number of tourists were expected to flock to the state

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

Cyclonic storm turned into deep depression in Bangladesh. No major damage in West Bengal

Cyclone Fani leaves Odisha in the dark, paralysed

The storm killed 11 people in the state; left coastal areas without electricity, homes or crops

Simply put: Cyclone or super cyclone?

Cyclone Fani to turn extremely severe before landfall

Odisha government will evacuate people from districts that will be hit by the storm by May 2

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

Odisha, which is bracing up for the extremely severe cyclone that’s predicted to make landfall on May 3, faces two natural disasters every year

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

April storms are rare and are usually extremely severe; the last such storm, Cyclone Nargis, devastated Myanmar in 2008

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

The weather agency has put the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on red alert (highest) on April 30 and May 1

Southern African countries won’t manage disasters unless they work together

 Of SADC’s 16-member states only Angola, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa contributed to the relief efforts after Cyclone Idai

For the survivors of 1999’s Super Cyclone in Odisha, polls mean nothing

None of the political parties in the state have provided them with amenities ranging from sources of livelihood to cyclone shelters to …

Africa Climate Week: Cyclone Idai highlights urgent need of climate finance

The cyclone is already being touted as one of the worst natural disasters in the southern hemisphere

What is the bomb cyclone blitzing across US?

The winter storm, Ulmer, has led to terrifying blizzard conditions, tropical storm winds and heavy rainfall; killing one person

In 2018, natural disasters cost the world $225 billion

Extreme weather-related disasters caused 89 per cent of the economic loss in Asia Pacific region

Cyclone Gaja case study: Relief fund not enough to rebuild even a wall

Residents of a village in Tamil Nadu are struggling to make ends meet with the compensation provided by the government

Cyclone Phethai makes landfall three hours early, kills 1

While weather agencies have upped their forecasting science, it’s yet to convert into last mile communication to the vulnerable

Fishermen return to coast fearing cyclone Phethai in Odisha

The strong wind blowing at sea kept most of the fishermen at shore in Ganjam, Puri, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts