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Cyclone Phailin hits Odisha, may rage on for 6 hours

 Cyclone Phailin has made landfall in Gopalpur in Odisha, the Indian Meteorological Department has confirmed.  The east coast will witness heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours, said the......

LATEST PIX: Now cyclone-triggered floods hit Odisha; 2.5 lakh marooned

Heavy rains in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin triggered floods in Odisha on Monday with over 2.5 lakh people being marooned in Balasore -- one of the two worst-hit districts along with Mayurbanj......

How WE defeated cyclone Phailin and saved thousands

Massive preparedness, speedy evacuation plans and almost accurate prediction of cyclone time and path have saved the country from a natural disaster which could have taken thousands of lives.......

In PHOTOS: Cyclone-hit Odisha slowly gets back on its feet

Relief and restoration work was stepped up on Tuesday in areas ravaged by twin calamity of Cyclone Phailin and resultant floods in Odisha, which affected over 1.2 crore people in more than 16,000......

Odisha lost 26 lakh trees after cyclone Phailin!

The high-velocity cyclone Phailin that hit Odisha about a week ago is estimated to have destroyed around 26 lakh trees in the state. "As per reports received from cyclone-affected areas about 26......

Odisha loses Rs 2,300 crore worth of crops to Phailin

Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged......

WB, ADB assure Odisha of $313-million aid for cyclone

International funding agencies, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, have assured a financial assistance of $313 million to Odisha government for restoration and rehabilitation activities......

Phailin unlikely to bleed insurance companies

Cyclone Phailin, which hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, may not lead to huge losses for insurance companies. According to sector officials, the highest destruction is on “kuchcha......

Phailin takes a toll on industries in Ganjam

While cyclone Phailin has passed off without causing too many casualties, major industries in south Odisha’s Ganjam district, the worst-hit by the storm, took a hard knock. Orissa Sands......

'Cyclone man' Mrutyunjay Mohapatra appointed IMD chief

Besides strengthening the IMD's infrastructure, Mohapatra said his priority will be to improve the dissemination of weather-related information -- from nowcasts to weather forecasts -- focus on......

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