At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today. Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard shuttering schools last year, with …
Two days after Cyclone Phailin made landfall, Chhatrapur, the district headquarters of Ganjam, struggled without electricity or water supply. And as the villagers made their way back home from the cyclone shelters, many found their houses flattened. The official death toll due to the cyclone was pegged at 21 on …
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar takes stock of the preparedness Cyclone Phailin made its impact on Bihar, with continual rainfall and strong winds lashing it for the second consecutive day on Monday. The next 48 hours are believed to be crucial as heavy rains in neighbouring Nepal could cause flooding in …
The editorial said the Indian state of Odisha efficiently evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to safe places before the cyclone made landfall India has learnt its lesson and improved its disaster management capabilities unlike Pakistan, where the situation has seen little improvement, a leading Pakistani daily has said in …
Two children were injured and 100 houses damaged as a tornado hit four villages under Bholahat and Nochole upazilas in Chapainawabganj district Sunday night. Sources in the local administration said that the tornado hit Pirgachhi and Ghaibari villages in Bholahat upazila and Gopalnagar and Ghion villages in Nachole upazila at …
At least four persons were injured and over a hundred dwelling houses damaged as nor'wester swept over Chandbil village of Amjhupi union under Meherpur sadar Upazila and Alamdanga Upazila of the district Sunday night. Local's and Meherpur police station officer in-charge Reajul Islam said all on a sudden wester swept …
Hit hardest by Cyclone 'Phailin', the coastal district of Ganjam is estimated to have suffered a loss of at least Rs 3,000 crore in the nature's fury which has deprived lakhs of people of their livelihood and damaged 2.4 lakh houses. Fishermen have suffered massive losses as their nets, boats …
A day after Cyclone Phailin struck, the Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday announced that the state had by and large escaped the fury of the monster storm unscathed with only one casualty in Srikakulam district and damages of around Rs 50 crore in all the three north coastal districts due …
With better preparedness and efficient planning and execution, toll restricted to a low level The hours preceding the strike of cyclone Phailin, the strongest storm to hit India since 1999, saw the country undertaking the largest evacuation operation in its history. Before the landfall of the giant tropical storm, the …
Eight million people affected, 17 lives lost; Ganjam bears brunt of cyclone Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged 80 per …
Over 1.26 crore people suffer as storm hits transport, power lines Seventeen persons were killed as the very severe cyclonic storm, Phailin, hit the Odisha coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district late on Saturday evening, Special Relief Commissioner P.K. Mohapatra said on Sunday. More than 1.26 crore people were hit …
The Bihar Government has sounded alert in 28 flood-prone districts following a warning issued by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in the wake of cyclone Phailin that pounded Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Bihar is experiencing incessant rain accompanied by strong winds since Sunday morning affecting the festive mood. Heavy downpour in …
A total of 28 relief camps have been opened and 850 people evacuated across two rural blocks in East Singhbhum district. Water level in the Kharkai river continued to rise, submerging low-lying areas of Jamshedpur city and affecting 6,500 people. Meanwhile, rainfall continued throughout the state. There were frequent power …
Nandankan zoo came out almost unscathed in the cyclone Phailin on Saturday, zoo authorities said on Sunday. It will reopen on Monday. "There was no death or injury to any caged animal or bird. There was no escape either. Though we generally remain closed on Monday, we will reopen it …
Intense and destructive storms are likely to occur more frequently as global warming intensifies, Greenpeace said on Saturday. "Such intense and destructive storms are likely to become more frequent in the future as global warming intensifies. Even a small increase in the ocean's warmth can turn tropical disturbances into hurricanes …
Weakens after leaving trail of destruction Lakhs of homes damaged Cargo ship missing Cyclone Phailin on Sunday left a trail of destruction knocking down lakhs of homes affecting nearly 90 lakh people and destroying paddy crops worth about Rs 2,400 crore, but little loss of life was reported in Odisha …
Andhra Pradesh was spared the onslaught of cyclone Phailin, which left one person dead and inundated a few thousand acres of crops, a relatively small toll when compared to the doomsday predictions of some experts. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday said that the after effects of Phailin …
At least 25 people were injured and over 100 houses damaged as a tornado swept over five villages in Debhata upazila of the district yesterday morning. Administration sources said the violent storm hit Panchpota, Rahimpur, Chandipur, Maghri and Kora villages around 8:00am and lasted for a few minutes. Fifteen of …
Nearly one in four people on earth live in the countries that border the Bay of Bengal. The region is strategically vital to Asia's rising powers. Its low-lying littoral - including coastal regions of eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra - is home to over half …
Sixteen fishing boats had gone missing and another 42 damaged in Jaffna and Mullaithivu seas last morning due to the impact of cyclone Phailin, Disaster Management Centre Deputy Director (Media) Sarath Lal Kumara said. He said the Navy launched search operations for the missing fishing boats. Kumara said another 19 …
