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 …
India carried out the largest evacuation in the nation’s history, shifting one million people from the path of a cyclone that slammed into its eastern coast in a move that helped limit fatalities and highlighted the effective response of the government. At least 17 people were killed as Cyclone Phailin, …
The death toll in Odisha mounted to 21 after 14 more people perished while one was missing in four districts of the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin that also triggered a flood in some areas. Most of the casualties were caused by wall collapse, uprooted trees and in …
Even as around 500,000 people have been evacuated, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the apex body for disasters in the country, said around 12 million were likely to be affected by Cyclone Phailin that struck India’s eastern coast on Saturday evening. Around 500,000 people had been evacuated from Odisha …
The very severe cyclonic storm Phailin has affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares in Odisha after striking the state's southern coast at around 8:30 pm yesterday. "Out of the total cultivable area of 3.6 million hectares (ha), 0.5 million has been affected due to the cyclonic storm. The …
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday said a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), on the line of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) would be set up immediately to face natural disasters. “The SDRF will initially have a strength of 1,000 force and will be trained in …
A large chunk of coastal Odisha grappled with power shutdown for the second straight day as Phailin, the very severe cyclonic storm battered transmission infrastructure, leaving the substations and feeder lines in shambles. Though the official casualty figure in the state stands at seven, 23 people are said to have …
'Phailin', a very severe cyclonic storm, said to be the second strongest after the disastrous super-cyclone of 1999, today struck the Odisha coast, bringing in its wake torrential rains and wind speeds of over 200 kmph in the state and in the neighbouring north coastal Andhra Pradesh. Darkness enveloped wide …
NEW DELHI: 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 …
NEW DELHI: Fourteen people were killed in Cyclone Phailin which lashed country's east coast over the weekend, a top disaster management official said Sunday. "There are 13 deaths in Orissa and one death reported in Andhra Pradesh and so we have been able to... (keep) the death toll to a …
Flood warning issued in Bihar as widespread rains are expected in Phailin’s wake; wind speed of the cyclone is now 100 to 110 kmph Eight persons were killed in Odisha as the very severe cyclonic storm Phailin hit the State’s coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district at 8.30 p.m. on …
Over 129,000 people were evacuated in north coastal Andhra Pradesh in view of cyclone Phailin, which crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha Saturday night. Officials said 129,100 people were evacuated from 294 villages of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts. The authorities opened 115 relief camps. While 56 camps were …
(Reuters) - India's strongest storm in 14 years left a trail of destruction along the country's east coast on Sunday, but little loss of life was reported after close to a million people took refuge in shelters. Cyclone Phailin was expected to dissipate within 36 hours, losing momentum as it …
ICHAPURAM/BHUBANESWAR: Rain and wind lashed India's east coast on Saturday, forcing about 450,000 people to flee to shelters as one of the country's largest cyclones closed in, threatening to cut a swathe of devastation through farmland and fishing hamlets. Filling most of the Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Phailin was about …
Orissa on the East Coast along with West Bengal and Andhrapradesh has the locational disadvantage of being in the path of depression of severe cyclonic storms that occur before the onset of south-west monsoon or after it recedes .The super Cyclone and severe Cyclone of October 1999 devastated 14 prosperous …
With fear gripping people in Odisha at the approach of severe cyclonic storm 'Phailin' to Gopalpur on October 12 where it would make landfall, the IMD today affirmed it would not be a super cyclone. "Do not compare the present system with the super cyclone of 1999. We expect Phailin …
Flag Number 2 has been hoisted at both ports Cyclone Phailin is likely to cross Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast on October 12 but Puducherry and Cuddalore administrations, the two coastal areas that have borne the brunt of cyclonic storms in the past, have sounded a cyclone warning, unwilling to …
Hyderabad: Districts along the Bay of Bengal coast began gearing up for Cyclone Phailin, which is expected to make landfall on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Officials and staff have been put on high alert and the state government has drawn up an action plan. It includes, when …
It is expected to cross coast between Kalingapatnam and Paradip by Saturday The authorities in 23 cyclone-prone districts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are bracing themselves to tackle any exigency as a cyclonic storm intensified in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and is expected to cross the coast between …
Cyclone Phailin with a windspeed of 220 kmph is turning into a super cyclone before making landfall on Thursday evening near Gopalpur in Odisha where the government has galvanised its machinery to deal with its impact and is evacuating people from low-lying areas. “The US Navy has also forecast that …
The severe cyclonic storm Phailin over east central Bay of Bengal on Friday further intensified and is all set to make a landfall close to Gopalpur in Odisha at a wind speed of at least 205 kmph tomorrow. "The very severe cyclonic storm, PHAILIN over east central Bay of Bengal …
