Cyclone

World Bank: Bangladesh needs $12.5 bn for climate action in the next 5 yrs

Representative Image DHAKA, Bangladesh: A World Bank analysis estimates that Bangladesh will require at least $12.5 billion, or almost 3…

2 years ago

PM Modi meets officials, Cyclone forecast for Odisha coast soon

Representational image NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with the country’s top officials regarding a cyclonic storm…

3 years ago

Kerala on high alert as Cyclone Beruvi hits Tamil Nadu on Friday

Representative Image THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cyclone Beruvi is ready to make landfall in the region between Kanyakumari and Pamban in south Tamil…

4 years ago

Nivar causes heavy downpour in Prakasam, Nellore

Representative Image VIJAYWADA: Heavy rains pounded different parts of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, November 26, as Cyclone Nivar, labelled as…

4 years ago

Nivar cyclone closing in on Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

Representative Image CHENNAI: Cyclone Nivar, which emerged over southwest Bay of Bengal, now lays about 380 kilometres (km) east-southeast of…

4 years ago

‘Fani’ worst cyclone to hit Odisha in 20 years

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Six people have been killed as cyclone ‘Fani’ made a landfall in Puri in Odisha around…

6 years ago

Cyclone ‘Gaja’ leaves trail of destruction in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Cyclone ‘Gaja’ made a landfall between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu on November 16, 2018. As per the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA),  cyclone ‘Gaja’ claimed 35 lives. Around 82,000 people were evacuated from vulnerable areas and moved…

6 years ago

Tamil Nadu all geared up to face cyclone ‘Gaja’

CHENNAI: RB Udhayakumar, MLA, Tirumangalam constituency, said that with eight national disaster response force teams and seven squads from the…

6 years ago

CM direct authorities to stay on high alert

AMARAVATI: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has instructed district authorities to be on high alert in the wake of cyclone…

6 years ago

Cyclone ‘Titli’ killed two in Andhra Pradesh

SRIKAKULAM: As cyclone ‘Titli’ made a landfall, two people were killed in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. The cyclone ‘Titli’ hovered…

6 years ago