Pandakudia slum shows 'smart city' Bhubaneswar has a long way to go
Informal settlements in Odisha capital lack toilets, running water & power; situation worsens during rains and natural disasters; women …
Cyclone Yaas makes landfall: Houses blown away, families displaced in Odisha
The landfall started at 9 am and was accompanied by a wind speed of 140-160 kmph. Heavy rains continued to lash coastal districts
Cyclone Fani: Women were left with just one cloth to cover body, manage menstruation
In the absence of gender-sensitive disaster response mechanism, women in a Puri village tore the only cloth they had after the disaster …
Cyclone Fani leaves Odisha in the dark, paralysed
The storm killed 11 people in the state; left coastal areas without electricity, homes or crops
Cyclone Yaas gathers speed, set for early landfall on May 26
Cyclone Yaas likely to make landfall on the east coast between Balasore in Odissa and Digha in West Bengal, from where it is expected to move …
Cyclone Yaas may turn extremely severe by May 25
The low-pressure area that will eventually intensify into cyclone Yaas is likely to form on May 22 over the north Andaman Sea and east central …
Fani the longest-lived cyclone in Bay of Bengal: IMD chief
India Meteorological Department’s Director General KJ Ramesh writes about how they prepared for the storm
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Fani weakens into deep depression, now in Bangladesh
It is now moving East Northeastwards and is expected to turn into a depression in five hours
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Cyclone Yaas: Odisha evacuates 400,000 fearing the worst since 1999
Cyclone Yaas likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in next 12 hours
Cyclone Fani opens four new mouths in Chilika lake, increases salinity, wipes out fish
Odisha government may have plans to develop infrastructure, but rebuilding the livelihood of millions of poor people who depend on the lake and …
Cyclone Fani kills five in Odisha
The storm hit Puri with a speed of 175 km per hour
In Odisha, regular cyclones push people to turn towards renewable energy
Lack of consumer awareness, timely approval of net metering applications and tax increase hinder further growth of solar in Odisha
Cyclone Yaas: Record evacuation saves lives in Sundarbans but not livelihoods
Flood waters brought about by rains due to Cyclone Yaas breached embankments across region; residents used their bodies to plug embankment …
Odisha’s tourism sector hit by Cyclone Fani
The cyclone hit Odisha coast at a time when large number of tourists were expected to flock to the state
Cyclone Amphan may intensify by May 18: US forecast body
The India Meteorological Department did not give any fresh updates on the development of cyclone
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Odisha’s vulnerable coast: Chilika fishers robbed of livelihood since Cyclone Fani opened new mouths
The delicate salinity gradient of the lake disrupted; locals claim Odisha government’s Chilika Development Authority (CDA) not …
Cyclone Fani: Artisans to fishermen, trail of devastation has left none
Most traditional workers in Odisha have no means to sustain themselves after the storm pummelled the state
Odisha report on housing ‘irregularities’ under Centre’s lens
MPs allege that 85% of 1.2 million PMAY-G beneficiaries in state ineligible for scheme
Winds played a major role in Cyclone Fani's sudden intensification
The storm's abnormal rise and changing tracks fit a recent pattern