Tag: Odisha Cyclone

Bhubaneswar: The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced that it will facilitate loan services for all the cyclone-affected entrepreneurs in the State under various schemes of the bank. Also, loans already applied by businessmen who have been affected by Fani will be soon sanctioned by the SBI. The Bank will further provide coverage to […]

Puri: At a time when restoration work is going on a war footing to repair the entire power infrastructure in Puri district devastated in the cyclone, a staffer of the Electricity department died on duty after being electrocuted while repairing a transformer near Sadar police station area in the pilgrim town. Raising concerns over his […]

Jagatsinghpur: Even as the government claims to have fully restored power supply in Jagatsinghpur, many parts of the district are still in darkness post Cyclone Fani. Power has not been restored in these areas even after 14 days of the severe cyclonic storm that hit Odisha coast on May 3. As per reports, residents of […]

Bhubaneswar: Is a Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) likely to develop over the Andaman sea on November 4 later progress into a cyclone in Bay of Bengal (BoB)? Significantly, October – November period has been the cyclone season in BoB. But post brewing up Fani in May this year, the BoB has been relatively quieter this […]

Bhubaneswar: Dry days will soon time out as heavy rains will lash Odisha from November 9 under the influence of a tropical depression that will cross Andhra Pradesh coasts by November 11-12. As per the relevant weather data available with the US-based National Centre for Environment Prediction (NCEP), the developing system over north Andaman sea […]

Bhubaneswar: No good news seemingly for Odisha. The Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) that is likely to develop over the north Andaman sea on November 4 (Monday) will later progress into a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (BoB). And the bad news is it will move towards northern Odisha coast and may hit between Jagatsinghpur […]

Bhubaneswar: With IMD and Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (US Navy) today confirming the formation of Low Pressure Area over north Andaman seas, the spectre of cyclone looms large in Bay of Bengal (BoB). And Fani-struck Odisha keeps its fingers crossed. While IMD’s latest bulletin has been quite conservative as it only has predicted the system […]

Bhubaneswar: The big breaking at this hour is the Bay of Bengal has conceived another cyclone after Fani. And the significant fact is the intensity of cyclone will upgrade to ‘severe’ cyclonic storm by November 7. While IMD bulletin says the system is now 950 km south-southeast from Paradip, it is 1020 km and 1000 […]

Bhubaneswar: Seemingly a big relief for Odisha. The ‘Bulbul’ will not come for nest-searching in the State. Almost all lead Met agencies world over has made the forecast of relief for the State. There is now apparently unanimity in the Met community that the tropical cyclone Bulbul will not make land fall in Odisha. And […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar:  With the tropical cyclone Bulbul taking birth in Bay of Bengal, and it’s eye being also shaping up fast, indications are that ‘Bulbul’ will chirp louder soon (means intensify into a severe cyclonic storm). And all eyes now are on where would Bulbul fly. It’s where the newly born Bulbul tests the acumen of […]

Bhubaneswar: With the very severe cyclonic storm Bulbul now being stationed at nearly 500 km away from Vishakapatnam at 12 hours today, Odisha will be witnessing the Bulbul impact from midnight of November 8. As per the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre’s (JTWC) latest bulletin, Bulbul will come closest to Odisha coast at midnight today, and […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha has been out of the glare of Bulbul’s eye, the satellite pictures clearly show how the very severe cyclone Bulbul in the early morning hours on November 9 made a devastating ‘kiss’ to the  north Odisha coasts (see the image above). Odisha has witnessed the maximum damage during the early morning […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha was lucky enough to escape the direct wrath of cyclonic storm Bulbul which made a landfall in West Bengal. However, farmers in coastal districts in the State are now left in lurch as standing paddy crops in several hectares of agricultural lands have reportedly been damaged due to heavy rainfall triggered by the […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping the weatherman world over guessing over its landfall date, this year’s first cyclone is taking its own time to evolve. All weather models had earlier predicted that the cyclone in making in Andaman seas will make landfall in May first week. But the cyclonic system has its last laugh. As per the latest […]