Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Cyclones
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Cyclone Phailin: 16 fishing boats missing, 42 damaged
Sixteen fishing boats had gone missing and another 42 damaged in Jaffna and Mullaithivu seas last morning due to the impact of cyclone Phailin, Disaster Management Centre Deputy Director (Media) Sarath
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India Cyclone Ruins 15% of Odisha Rice Area
India carried out the largest evacuation in the nation’s history, shifting one million people from the path of a cyclone that slammed into its eastern coast in a move that helped limit fatalities and highlighted
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Odisha toll 21 as cyclone Phailin triggers flood
The death toll in Odisha mounted to 21 after 14 more people perished while one was missing in four districts of the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin that also triggered a flood in some areas.
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500,000 people evacuated, 12 mn to be affected: NDMA
Even as around 500,000 people have been evacuated, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the apex body for disasters in the country, said around 12 million were likely to be affected by Cyclone
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Phailin causes Rs 2,300-cr crop loss in Odisha, Over 8 million people affected, seven lives lost, 0.8 million evacuated
The very severe cyclonic storm Phailin has affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares in Odisha after striking the state's southern coast at around 8:30 pm yesterday. "Out of the total cultivable
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Andhra Pradesh to set up state disaster response force
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday said a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), on the line of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) would be set up immediately to face natural
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Cyclonic storm batters power infra in Odisha
A large chunk of coastal Odisha grappled with power shutdown for the second straight day as Phailin, the very severe cyclonic storm battered transmission infrastructure, leaving the substations and feeder
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Phailin hits Odisha, north Andhra coast; 5 killed
'Phailin', a very severe cyclonic storm, said to be the second strongest after the disastrous super-cyclone of 1999, today struck the Odisha coast, bringing in its wake torrential rains and wind speeds
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Intense, destructive storms may occur frequently as global warming intensifies, Greenpeace warns
NEW DELHI: Intense and destructive storms are likely to occur more frequently as global warming intensifies, Greenpeace said on Saturday. "Such intense and destructive storms are likely to become more
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14 killed in Cyclone Phailin: Disaster management agency
NEW DELHI: Fourteen people were killed in Cyclone Phailin which lashed country's east coast over the weekend, a top disaster management official said Sunday. "There are 13 deaths in Orissa and one death