Amphan will bring saline water 25 km inland, cause large scale inundation: IMD
A storm surge will cause large-scale flooding and bring saline water in agricultural fields and people’s homes
Spike in sea temperatures, cyclones increase in Indian Ocean region: Report
Temperature rise 0.3°C higher than the global average of 0.7°C; last two years see significant rise in number, intensity and …
Seaside villages deserted
Experience of super cyclone1999 prompts people to move to safer places; evacuation continues
COVID-19, Cyclone Amphan show how sex workers remain at receiving end
People tend to believe ‘other’ bodies, particularly of specific caste, class and religion, to be the source of risks. The story, …
‘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
Mass evacuation on in coastal districts
All two-storey government and NGO buildings, schools and colleges declared cyclone shelters
COVID-19 pulls fishermen back to Bengal, Amphan forces them to reconsider
Several fishermen in West Bengal have begun weighing options to go back to fishing harbours in other states where they worked
Kolkata evicts ecological refugees
Seven hundred squatters occupying prime land rendered homeless; activists demanding their rehabilitation branded Maoists
Phailin cyclone: how severe?
Experts in the West say Phailin is category 5 tropical cyclone, and may prove to be more devastating than even Hurricane Katrina
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
Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan
Phailin intensifies into 'super' cyclone
Storm winds moving at speed of over 200 km/hr head to districts that bore the brunt of 1999 super cyclone
How Phailin was different from super cyclone 1999
Improvements in weather forecasting and disaster preparedness, and lessons learnt from 1999, made all the difference
Threat of back-to-back cyclones in Bay of Bengal, with possibility of rapid intensification: Here's what to expect
Low pressure area forming November 14 expected to intensify into a depression the very next day & undergo rapid intensification
25 years of Odisha Super Cyclone: A study of Jagatsinghpur shows advances & the way ahead
Since 1999, the cyclone shelter capacity in Padampur fell significantly short of what was needed
Cyclone Phailin's progress
Kerala on alert as Maha intensifies into super cyclone off its coast
Storm not likely to hit state directly
Mocha and the ever-growing fiasco we are pushing ourselves into
Will the Anthropocene be the shortest era in history?
Cyclone Mocha is now the second-most intense May cyclone in Bay of Bengal
Mocha may intensify into a super cyclone before landfall
Cyclone Yaas is the 96th tropical cyclone to strike Odisha in 130 years
Balasore was the site for landfall for 28 cyclones in that period
Cyclones to heat waves to starvation deaths: The Odisha model for survival
It's important to remember what happens when a government lets people die in a disaster
Severe Cyclone Michaung: Rainfall in Chennai comparable to 2015 floods. Here’s how
The system is likely to move with cyclonic storm intensity in the next six hours, IMD predicted at 6 pm
Storm surges and relief: Why India should rethink its cyclone response
There is more to cyclone risk management than the total number of evacuees
Cyclone Amphan: Tidal flooding, heavy winds pound coastal Odisha
Gale uproots trees, electric poles; saline embankments cave in
Cyclone Yaas fells hundreds of trees in Bhitarkanika, hit on fauna being assessed
National park hit hard by cyclone 3rd year in a row