Cyclone Phailin claims 17 lives; many more in tatters

Cyclone 'Phailin' on Sunday left a trail of destruction, hitting nearly 90 lakh people, damaging lakhs of houses and laying waste paddy crop worth about Rs 2,400 crore, mainly in coastal Ganjam......

How WE defeated cyclone Phailin and saved thousands

Massive preparedness, speedy evacuation plans and almost accurate prediction of cyclone time and path have saved the country from a natural disaster which could have taken thousands of lives.......

Most parts of coastal Andhra escape Cyclone Phailin's fury

Andhra Pradesh seems to have largely escaped the fury of Cyclone Phailin, which crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha at around 8.25 pm. Andhra Pradesh Commissioner for Disaster Management T......

Bihar on flood alert post cyclone Phailin

Bihar government has sounded alert in 28 flood-prone districts following a warning issued by Indian Meteorological Department in the wake of Cyclone Phailin that pounded Odisha and Andhra......

Phailin unlikely to bleed insurance companies

Cyclone Phailin, which hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, may not lead to huge losses for insurance companies. According to sector officials, the highest destruction is on “kuchcha......

Phailin takes a toll on industries in Ganjam

While cyclone Phailin has passed off without causing too many casualties, major industries in south Odisha’s Ganjam district, the worst-hit by the storm, took a hard knock. Orissa Sands......

Odisha loses Rs 2,300 crore worth of crops to Phailin

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......

WB, ADB assure Odisha of $313-million aid for cyclone

International funding agencies, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, have assured a financial assistance of $313 million to Odisha government for restoration and rehabilitation activities......