A year after Phailin, another storm heads towards Odisha

Exactly a year after the very severe cyclonic storm Phailin struck the state, another storm is heading towards the Odisha coast. “The cyclonic circulation over Gulf of Siam and nearby region......

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......

Phailin is the strongest cyclone to hit India since 1999

United States experts have described Phailin as the strongest tropical cyclone to hit India in 14 years. The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, said Phailin is now......

Cyclone Phailin: PM announces interim relief of Rs 1000 cr

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday announced an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore each for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for relief and rehabilitation in the wake of destruction caused by......

Phailin aftermath: Jairam Ramesh seeks proposals for rebuilding rural roads

Realising the need for reconstruction of rural roads that may have been ravaged by Phailin, the Union ministry of rural development has invited proposals from the Odisha government for taking up......

Cyclone Phailin flattens Puri as a tourist destination

Cyclone Phailin has wiped out Puri from tourist itineraries this winter season. Not only are there no new enquiries; those who’d planned a vacation in the coming season seem to be looking at......

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......