• 

  After 'Phailin', 'Helen', Andhra braces up for another cyclone 'Lehar'

  India | November 25, 2013 6:27 IST

  Hyderabad: After being hit by cyclones 'Phailin' and 'Helen', Andhra Pradesh is likely to be at the receiving end of another cyclone, 'Lehar', by November 28.'Lehar' lay centred at 1130 hours Sunday,  about 230 km

• 

  PM praises tackling of cyclone Phailin, not Uttarakhand floods

  India | October 28, 2013 23:23 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday praised the tackling of Cyclone Phailin by the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh governments and disaster management agencies but said there were "important lessons to be learnt" from the

• 

  Floods follow Phailin Ganjam, 50,000 evacuated

  India | October 24, 2013 23:40 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: About 50,000 people were evacuated today as flash flood claimed two lives and inundated 129 villages in five blocks of Odisha's cyclone-hit Ganjam district along with some areas in Gajapati."Following heavy rain for four

• 

  Phailin: Storm killed at least five in Jharkhand

  India | October 17, 2013 9:40 IST

  Ranchi:  At least five people died and large stretches of farm land were affected in Jharkhand due to the peripheral effect of cyclone Phailin in neighbouring Odisha.“While the latest figure will be known soon, five

• 

  Cyclone Phailin: No major damage in AP, state to set up SDRF

  India | October 14, 2013 9:37 IST

  Hyderabad: With cyclonic storm Phailin crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast without doing much damage, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday said a state-level disaster response force would soon be set up.A 60-year-old man lost

• 

  Phailin weakens further, takes shape of "deep depression"

  India | October 14, 2013 7:52 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic storm Phailin, which left a trail of devastation in Odisha, weakened into a deep depression yesterday.     "Phailin over Odisha moved northwards with a speed of 20 kmph during past 6 hours, weakened further

• 

  Army saves people of 4 Odisha villages hit by Cyclone Phailin

  India | October 13, 2013 22:59 IST

  Gopalpur(Odisha): An Army Air Defence institution in Odisha's Gopalpur saved the population of four adjoining villages which have been totally devastated after the cyclone Phailin struck landmass."The Army Air Defence (AAD) establishment in Gopalpur, which

• 

  President calls for speedy relief and rehabilitation operations

  India | October 13, 2013 22:12 IST

  New Delhi: Expressing sorrow over the loss of lives and damage due to Phailin cyclone in Odhisa and Andhra Pradesh, President Pranab Mukherjee today said he was confident that the affected people would soon rebound

• 

  Cyclone Phailin: Cargo ship feared to have sunk, crew members spotted

  India | October 13, 2013 18:42 IST

  New Delhi: A cargo ship MV Bingo moving in the fierce waters of West Bengal feared to have been sunk due to cyclone storm Phailin, but the crew was spotted in a lifeboat by a

• 

  Cyclone Phailin: 800,000 people homeless in Odisha, AP

  India | October 13, 2013 8:31 IST

  Gopalpur/Srikakulam: Darkness enveloped wide swathes of the coastal districts of Odisha, especially Ganjam, whose Gopalpur-on-sea was the entry point for the storm uprooting trees and electric poles, even as nearly 800,000 people in coastal Andhra

• 

  Phailin is not super cyclone, says Indian Meteorological Department

  India | October 13, 2013 7:41 IST

  New Delhi: Cyclone Phailin, that  hit the Indian coast, a little south of Gopalpur in Odisha, between 8.30 to 9 PM on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 kilometres per hour is not a super

Advertisement
• 

  Phailin: Odisha's quietest beach Gopalpur bears the brunt of nature's fury

  India | October 13, 2013 6:16 IST

  Gopalpur (Odisha):  It's called Gopalpur-on-sea. It's the quietest sea beach of Odisha, located 16 km from Berhampur, the district headquarters. This languorous sea beach with coconut groves, casuarinas and gentle sand dunes, deserted for miles,

• 

  Odisha cyclone: Trains terminated, flights cancelled

  India | October 12, 2013 14:48 IST

  New Delhi/Bhubaneswar:  With cyclone Phailin set to hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts this evening, the Railways have cancelled all trains between Howrah and Visakhapatnam as a precautionary measure.All flights originating from Bhubaneswar today were

• 

  Mass evacuation continues in coastal Odisha, AP, darkness descends in daytime

  India | October 12, 2013 9:11 IST

  Puri/Visakhapatnam:  Darkness descended on Saturday morning in Puri, as heavy rains lashed the temple town with visibility hardly 15 metres. Nearly one lakh people have left their homes in coastal areas to safer places, the

• 

  Points to remember before and after cyclone

  India | October 11, 2013 21:30 IST

  New Delhi: Following is a list of Dos and Don'ts before and after cyclone circulated by National Disaster Management Authority:Dos & Don'ts:Collectors are requested to inform the cyclone warning to all coastal villages through radio

• 

  Phailin will not be a super cyclone: IMD

  India | October 11, 2013 14:23 IST

  Bhubaneswar: With fear gripping people in Odisha at the approach of severe cyclonic storm ‘Phailin' to Gopalpur on October 12 where it would make landfall, the IMD today affirmed it would not be a super