The film Mercy of God by Amartya Bhattacharyya, which is a silent portrait of the condition of Odisha after the cyclone ‘Fani’, is now on Amazon Prime, digitally available across over 60 countries including USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Denmark, South Africa, Finland, New…
A film on the devastation of Odisha villages caused by the extremely severe cyclone Fani, is now set to be shown at the 25th FESTIVAL OF INDIA, in Charlotte, USA. The film is named ‘Mercy of God‘. The festival showcases only…
Cyclone Fani, which hit Odisha on May 3, was the most intense cyclonic storm crossing the state coast during “pre-monsoon season” in the satellite era (since 1965), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a report on Monday while flagging…
Kerala and Odisha have become trophy states for India which is showcasing them at the United Nations global platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Both the states have become best case studies on disaster mitigation: Odisha for evacuating more than…
With revisit time of cyclone for the Odisha coast in nearly two years, the State has turned out to be most frequently cyclone-affected in the country. While India’s east coast is one of the most cyclone-prone areas of the world,…
Cyclone Fani, which pulverized parts of coastal Odisha on May 3, had the longest life span among tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, an eminent meteorologist said Tuesday. “The elongated time period of the extremely severe cyclonic storm continued…
Millions of households had plunged into darkness after Cyclone Fani, one of the worst storms to hit India since 1999, made a landfall in Odisha last week and killed over 40 people. NASA today released several images comparing the lighting…
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…
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