Tag: Cyclonic Storm Fani

Bhubaneswar: Extremely severe Cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ inches closer to Odisha every hour threatening maximum impact on the State. Latest updates state that cyclone Fani is located at around 570 km South-Southwest of Puri and 390 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam coast. The cyclone is moving towards Odisha at a speed of 10 km per hour. It […]

Bhubaneswar: With the extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ inching closer towards Odisha, the State Government today assigned 12 IAS officers to supervise the relief, rehabilitation and restoration work in nine coastal districts of the State. With immediate effect, ACS of Forest & Environment Department Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has been given the charge of Puri district […]

Bhubaneswar: Extremely Severe Cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ over West-Central Bay of Bengal, which is stated to be first severe cyclonic storm to have formed in April in India’s oceanic neighbourhood since 1976, continues to gain strength and move closer to Odisha coast. Latest observations of IMD indicate that the eye of cyclone has completely moved into […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: In view of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani, which is likely to make landfall in the Puri district tomorrow, a special train will run from Puri to Shalimar in Kolkata on Thursday. The train will depart from Puri railway station at 12 noon. The special train will have both reserved and unreserved seats- […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: It was like any other morning that day back in 1999. The sky was slightly overcast and a gentle breeze was blowing outside my apartment. I surveyed the sky and the surroundings with a sense of relief. The night before Met department had forecast a cyclone that was about to hit […]

Kolkata: Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, uprooted trees and triggered rains as it entered West Bengal post midnight on Saturday, hours after making landfall and causing havoc in Odisha on Friday. No loss of life or any injury has been reported so far. According to the […]

Guwahati: A total of 79 flights were cancelled at different airports in the northeast region due to bad weather, triggered by cyclonic storm Fani, an Airport Authority of India official said here on Saturday. “The devastating effects of cyclone Fani has disrupted flight operations at northeastern regional airports. However, all the airports in NER are […]

Bhubaneswar: The total number of lives lost during the cyclone Fani has now climbed up to 34 in Odisha. After the extremely severe cyclonic storm battered Puri and other coastal parts of Odisha on May 3, 21 persons were reported to have been killed in Puri alone. The State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) informed that […]

Bhubaneswar: The calamitous impact of cyclone Fani has brought the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar to a standstill for more than six hours after the extremely severe cyclonic storm hit Odisha on May 3. The residents of the capital city had never witnessed such devastating natural calamity in the last two decades, where mobile […]

Puri: The extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani, which made landfall near pilgrim city Puri on May 3, has not only devastated the city but also caused extensive damage to campuses of several premier educational institutes including the Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidayalaya (SJSV). Moreover, around 80 per cent of schools in Gop and Nimapara blocks in […]

Bhubaneswar: The toll due to Cyclone Fani, which left a trail of destruction and devastation through coastal Odisha as it hit the state on May 3, has increased to 64, a official report said on Sunday. A Cyclone Situation Report released from the office of Special Relief Commissioner said that while 39 deaths have been […]

Chilika: Damaged houses, grounded fishing boats and snapped fishing nets- all these describe the current scenario in villages close to Chilika Lake post the severe cyclonic storm Fani. Left with almost nothing, the severely affected fishermen are still waiting for relief materials even as 11 days have passed by. Amid tall claims of the State […]

Bhubaneswar: The online Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) for admission into different PG courses began today. The examination is being conducted in three sittings. While the first sitting was held from 9 AM till 11 AM, the second and third sittings will be held from 1 PM to 3 PM and 4:30 PM to 6:30 […]

Bhubaneswar: One year has now passed since the extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ ravaged several parts of coastal Odisha on May 3, 2019. The memory of devastation caused by Fani is still fresh in the minds of people of Krushnaprasad and Brahmagiri blocks of Puri district as government help still eludes the villagers and they […]