Tag: Heavy Rains

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed and properties were damaged as a Norwester wreaked havoc in some parts of Odisha this evening. The Norwester this evening caused extensive damage to public properties in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Kamakhyanagar, Deogarh and Sambalpur. In Cuttack, a youth was killed when a branch of a tree fell on him in […]

Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic storm Roanu spared Odisha from its wrath and is now moving away from the coast. As per the latest update from the Met department, the cyclonic storm, which had formed in North-West Bay of Bengal, is now moving in the east and north east direction, 400 kms away from the Paradip Coast. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Roanu moved further northeastwards and lay centred about 50 km south-southeast off Gopalpur coast today causing rains coupled with gusty surface winds to lash several parts of Odisha and affect normal life. The system is likely to move further northeastwards along and off north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast and intensify into a […]

Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ over west-central Bay of Bengal today advanced further and remained practically stationary and lay centred about 480 km southwest of Gopalpur at 5.30 PM. The system is likely to move initially towards north-northeast along and off Andhra Pradesh coast during next 12 hours after which it will move towards northeast […]

Bhubaneswar: In the view of the cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ in the Bay of Bengal approaching the Tamil Nadu coast, the Odisha government today reviewed the preparedness to tackle the possible calamity. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who chaired the meeting at Secretariat, asked all departments to remain alert in view of the cyclone, chief secretary AP […]

The monsoon is causing havoc in Mumbai. Dozens of people have been killed in the last 24 hours in wall collapse and landslides, triggered by overnight incessant rains in the city.

Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh on Sunday sounded a high alert in the coastal region as a cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal was heading towards it and was likely to cross the region between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam on Monday. Real Time Governance Society (RTGS) of the state government alerted all nine coastal districts. The State […]

Mumbai: The Mumbai Airport’s main runway failed to open at 2 p.m. on Wedesday as work on towing out a stranded private airlines aircraft continued amid heavy rains, low visibility and strong winds, officials said here. An Air India technical team is assisting the SpiceJet authorities to retrieve the stuck plane and clear the runway […]

New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday announced grant of Rs 200 crore as first instalment for immediate repair of National Highways damaged due to heavy rains in Assam. Gadkari said that, if needed, further financial assistance will be given after a final report is submitted by an expert-team of the […]

Bhubaneswar: With intensifying of the low pressure over North-west Bay of Bengal into a depression, heavy rainfall continues to lash several parts of the State including the Twin City and will stay active for more 24 hours thereby causing heavy to very heavy rainfall, meteorological sources said. The meteorological department predicted heavy rainfall and thunderstorm […]

Mumbai: Two minors were killed as a severe thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and heavy rains, disrupted air, road and rail traffic in Mumbai late on Monday night, officials said. Two boys — Tushar Jha (12) and Rushabh Tiwari (11) — were electrocuted near their tenement in Poisar slums in Kandivali East, the BMC Disaster Control […]

Bhubaneswar: With the month of July wrapping up yesterday,  the cumulative precipitation amount in Odisha since the onset of Monsoon 2019 has ended in the deficient zone. The State has so far recorded 21 per cent deficient rainfall in the months of June and July. Since the month of August is the last full-fledged Monsoon […]

Nadiad: Four persons, including a one-year-old girl, were killed, and five others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Nadiad town of Gujarat following heavy rains, officials said on Saturday. The building, located in Pragati Nagar area of the town in Kheda district, collapsed late Friday night, Kheda Superintendent of Police Divya Mishra said. “Total […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Center predicted light to moderate rainfall in Odisha in the next five days. Thunderstorm and lightning will occur in several parts of coastal and north Odisha including Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Mayurbhanj, Khurda, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts in the next 24 hours. Laxmikant Giri duty officer at Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said, […]

Bhubaneswar: In farmlands affected badly by floods this monsoon, Odisha was among the top-5 states in the country. The more disconcerting statistics is, in terms of proportion of flooded farmland to total flooded area, the State stood second in the country after Karnataka. Significantly, when Karnataka has faced a severe flood this monsoon affecting almost […]