MAY 3, 2019: This date will always be remembered in the history of Odisha as well as the country. Not because Cyclone Fani was supposed to hit the state, but the unpredictable force with which it struck the state, the unforeseen damage which…
Ohhh Fani Re !!! A citizen blog sent to us on the recent cyclone in Odisha by Sushant Kumar Sahu
It came! It concurred! It ruined! Such was the devastation of ‘Fani’. Ever since the tropical cyclone made landfall at Puri May 3, life has taken an upside down. Within hours of showing its furore in the holy city, the monster extended its…
The Calamity That Was : A documentary on 1999 Supercyclone of Odisha, if you did not know what it was
The Calamity That Was : A documentary on 1999 Supercyclone of Odisha, if you did not know what it was
Heard about Charu Maa : a super courageous woman from the village of Gundalba who restored an entire forest cover?
On 29th October, 1999 the Odisha Super Cyclone struck Odisha causing large scale devastation killing around 50000 people. There are many stories of destruction, grief, struggle and survival in this period of devastation. “Hausla Na Ruthe : The…
Uma Sudhir First journalist to reach Paradip writes : experience of covering the 1999 super cyclone
My cameraperson and I had driven from Visakhapatnam through Srikakulam to Bhubaneswar and then to Paradip, less than two days after the cyclone struck that year. As dusk came and we were a few kilometres into Odisha (then called Orissa),…
NDMA approaches Odisha to give disaster management lessons to 14 Pacific island nations that are hit by tropical cyclones regularly
As per this article in The Hindu, Credited with pioneering works in the field of disaster management in the country, Odisha may impart lessons on cyclone preparedness to 14 Pacific island nations that are hit by tropical cyclones at regular intervals…
Odisha to have first automatic coastal warning for disasters in India this July
Come July, Odisha can warn the vast population residing along its 480 km-long coast by pressing a single button from a control room in the State capital in the event of the occurrence of natural disasters like a tsunami or…
On October 29 1999, Odisha Supercyclone wreaked havoc, do you still remember?
Odisha was battered by a SuperCyclone on 29 October, 1999 that made landfall near Paradip (43976). The estimated maximum wind speed reached 260-270 kmph in the core area which produced a huge storm surge that led to sea-level elevation of…
Latest Status on Potential Cyclone / Deep depression over Bay of Bengal from Skymetweather
According to the latest reports from Skymetweather the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is presently situated over 16.5°N and 93.2°E. This position is marked as “x” in the attached Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential (TCHP) map estimated using the…
Purdue researcher: Cyclone forecasting for Odisha coast improved
Dev Niyogi, professor of agronomy and earth, atmospheric and planetary science, noted that while the Orissa supercyclone that year made landfall in the state now known as Odisha on the Bay of Bengal coast and killed that many people, the…