Tag: Cyclone In Odisha

Ganjam: Currency notes amounting to lakhs got wet after flood water entered the main branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) at Aska in Ganjam district. According to reports, the flood water following the incessant rain triggered by cyclonic storm Titli entered the locker inside the strong room of the bank and inundated it […]

Balasore/Rayagada: Even though the very severe cyclonic storm Titli turned into depression and crossed the State, the rain triggered by it has caused extensive damages to standing crops in several acres of land in Sadar and Kolnara blocks of Rayagada district. Thousands of farmers in Kumuti Penta, Maligan and Pentagan villages under Rayagada sub-division are […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reviewed the flood situation in three districts triggered by heavy rain under the impact of the very severe cyclonic storm Titli that made landfall at Palasa in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday morning. Patnaik through video conferencing talked to the collectors of three districts Ganjam, Gajapati and […]

Bhubaneswar: The very severe cyclonic storm ‘Titli’, which made a landfall near southwest of Gopalpur at Palasa of Srikalumum in Andhra Pradesh today, is expected to weaken gradually by evening, informed Regional Bhubaneswar Meteorological Center. Official sources said that the very severe cyclonic storm Titli will turn in to a deep depression by Friday morning. […]

Bhubaneswar: With cyclone ‘Titli’ turning into a very severe cyclonic storm and expected to make a landfall between Gopalpur in Odisha and Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh by tomorrow morning, the Special Relief Commissioner has issued a series of warnings and advisory to be followed by the people before, during and after the cyclone. Before the […]

Bhubaneswar: The depression that formed over south-east and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and is expected to take the form of a cyclonic storm ‘Titli’ during next 24 hours triggering heavy rainfall and stormy winds in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. “By 5.30 am today, the deep depression over east central […]

For the family of Hemant Das, the sky was so blue and serene but on May 26, suddenly everything changed. Clouds darkened over their fate just like the sky when hostile winds and torrential downpour made their life miserable.

Bhubaneswar: While the tropical cyclone ‘Pabuk’ is approaching gradually and is likely to emerge in the Andaman Sea in the 5th of January, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar has stated that it will not have any impact on Odisha. “The cyclonic storm ‘Pabuk’ lay centred at about 870 km east-southeast of Port Blair and […]

06:00 AM: As per latest reports from the IMD, Cyclone Titli made a landfall in south-west coast of Gopalpur near Palasa-Srikakulam. 05:00 AM: Landfall process continuing; 126 kmph surface wind lashing Odisha coast of Gopalpur. Here’s the latest IMD bulletin: #LIVE from #Gopalpur in #Odisha: More updates from @raykasturi on #CycloneTitli from ground zero at […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems the landfall of the ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ Titli in coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh tomorrow morning would be very intense as flight services to and from Bhubaneswar have been cancelled for tomorrow. As per official sources, five IndiGo flight services from Bhubaneswar have been suspended for tomorrow which were scheduled to […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a cyclone alert for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The IMD said the well marked low pressure area over south-east and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression and is very likely to intensify further into a Deep Depression during the next 24 hours and […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on Friday to review the impact of Cyclone Yaas. As per reports, the PM will land in Bhubaneswar on Frinday (May 28) after which he will hold a review meeting in the capital city.

Cyclone Yaas had a destructive impact not just in the coastal districts but also in the interior parts of the state. On Wednesday, under the influence of the cyclonic system, heavy rainfall accompanied with gusty wind caused severe havoc in Mayurbhanj district.

Even as Cyclone Yaashas made landfall at 15km south of Balasore with a packing wind speed of 120kmph, the fact to the fore is its wind speed has been the lowest since 1999

Post landfall, even though Cyclone Yaas has gradually weakened, Odisha's Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena stated that strong winds and rainfall continue to persist in Nilagiri area of Balasore district.