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How tropical storms destroy, rebuild firms

To measure firms’ exposure to storms, the study creates a storm index based on wind speeds and pincodes

1 min read20 Feb 2020
Lounge

How Odisha’s artisans faced a juggernaut called Fani

Puri’s artisans made the Jagannath Rath Yatra possible despite Cyclone Fani destroying their livelihoodLounge travelled to three craft sites—Puri, Jagatsinghpur and Raghurajpur—to see how artisans and weavers were piecing their livelihoods back together

16 min read27 Jul 2019
News

Hong Kong govt approves over $9 million for cyclone-hit Odisha

The grants will benefit around 45,100 cyclone victims'Very severe cyclonic storm' Fani battered Odisha in May

1 min read6 Jul 2019
Politics

Odisha seeks 5 lakh PMAY houses for cyclone-hit people

According to preliminary estimation, five lakh houses have been completely or substantially damagedThe chief minister said the people of the affected districts have gone through immense hardship as the loss of shelter has been a devastating experience

2 min read13 May 2019
News

Fani: Railways to resume normal services from Puri by May 12, restore station in 3 months

There are about 52 trains originating from Puri daily, of which 40 are express trains while 12 are passenger trainsThe national transporter has also paid advance salary for the month of May to its staff of Puri and Khurda Road stations

2 min read8 May 2019
News

Cyclone-hit Odisha seeks $14 billion for reconstruction

Cyclone Fani, which reached the eastern coast on Friday was one of the most severe cyclones to hit the regionThe state government had evacuated about 1.39 million people to temporary shelters

1 min read7 May 2019
News

Cyclone Fani-ravaged Odisha seeks ₹17,000 crore central assistance

Modi conducts aerial survey to gauge extent of damage, announces another ₹1,000 crore interim relief6,000 schools, 300 higher educational institutions and 1,031 health facilities have been damaged

2 min read7 May 2019
News

Andhra Pradesh reels under heat wave, mercury crosses 45 degrees

IMD has attributed the unusual rise in temperatures to after-effect of 'Fani' which hit the Odisha coast on FridayThe IMD has warned that severe heat wave conditions will continue in parts of Andhra and Telangana till May 7

1 min read6 May 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Disaster alleviation needs its Ayushman

Better preparedness meant that Cyclone Fani wasn’t as catastrophic as the one that hit Odisha in 1999. Still, it’s time to broaden the idea to cover asset losses of the disaster-struck

2 min read6 May 2019
Science

From its formation to landfall, how IMD tracked cyclone 'Fani'

A low-pressure area is the initial stage of the formation of a cycloneThe IMD and other institutes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences ran data through 10 specialised weather models

2 min read5 May 2019
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