Tag: Odisha Cyclone

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: A year-on after the strongest summer tropical cyclone in Bay of Bengal, Odisha seems to be staying at the receiving end of yet another disaster at a time when the entire world is battling COVID pandemic. As the low-pressure system over South-East Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea continues to intensify into […]

Bhubaneswar: The deep depression system over southeast Bay of Bengal (BoB) turned into a tropical cyclone Amphan (UM-PUN), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed in its latest bulletin. As per the IMD bulletin, “The deep depression over SE- Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood remained practically stationary during past 6 hours and rapidly intensified into a […]

Bhubaneswar: As cyclone Amphan hurtles towards the coast, India Meteorological Department (IMD) DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Monday informed that the extremely severe cyclonic storm is very likely to intensify into a super cyclone. Speaking to OTV, Mohapatra said “Cyclone Amphan is gathering more strength and intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm at around 2.30 […]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar on Thursday issued rain and thunderstorm alert for eight Odisha districts due to the impact of Cyclone Nivar. As per the latest weather bulletin, districts of Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati, Koraput, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi are likely to experience rain and thunderstorms during the next […]

Puri: Seven years have passed since the extremely severe cyclonic storm Phailin wreaked utter devastation in the State, but, many people whose houses were damaged by the cyclone are still to receive any compensation. There are hundreds of such beneficiaries in Brahmagiri area of Puri district who are spending their lives in damaged houses as […]