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 Asani nears east coast amid signs of gradual weakening

Severe cyclone Asani neared the east coast, packing gale-force winds up to 105 kmph, amid indication of gradual weakening on Tuesday, the India meteorological department said. IMAGE: Rough sea......

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......

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......

'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......

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......