Tauktae to Fani: A look at India's deadliest cyclones

Cyclone Biparjoy, packing maximum sustained winds with speeds of up to 145 kmph, is swirling towards the Gujarat coast and is expected to make landfall near Jakhau port in Kutch district. With the......

Ant attack forces people to flee Odisha village

An operation was launched in Odisha's Puri district after poisonous ants infested a village, forcing some people to flee, officials said on Tuesday. Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

Cyclone Phailin slams into Odisha, Andhra coast

Phailin, a very severe cyclonic storm, on Saturday struck the Odisha coast, bringing in its wake torrential rains and wind speeds of over 200 kmph in the state and in neighbouring north coastal......

Phailin is the strongest cyclone to hit India since 1999

United States experts have described Phailin as the strongest tropical cyclone to hit India in 14 years. The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, said Phailin is now......

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......

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 aftermath: Jairam Ramesh seeks proposals for rebuilding rural roads

Realising the need for reconstruction of rural roads that may have been ravaged by Phailin, the Union ministry of rural development has invited proposals from the Odisha government for taking up......

Cyclone Phailin flattens Puri as a tourist destination

Cyclone Phailin has wiped out Puri from tourist itineraries this winter season. Not only are there no new enquiries; those who’d planned a vacation in the coming season seem to be looking at......