Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has stepped up preparedness as a low-pressure area forming over the Strait of Malacca and the adjoining South Andaman Sea is expected to strengthen into a cyclonic storm over the southeast Bay of Bengal within the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. According to officials, the…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that a deep depression over the southeast and southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ early Monday. As of 2:30 am, the storm was centred about 600 km east-southeast of Chennai, 680 km south-southeast of Kakinada and 850 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha), moving west-northwest at a…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been placed on high alert as a developing cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to several parts of the state from October 27, officials said on Friday. Although the cyclone is unlikely to make landfall in Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Bhubaneswar: The extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha, which was centred over Bay of Bengal about 590 km south east of Paradip on Saturday, was likely to move in a north-northeasterly direction towards Bangladesh, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) said on Saturday. The cyclonic storm expected to move parallel…
The low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea has now become a well-marked low pressure area on Tuesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has informed. It also said that the low pressure area will very likely intensify into a depression by Tuesday evening over the same region and…
Bhubaneswar: The socio-economic impact of tropical cyclones and coping strategies of local communities in Odisha, with special focus on women, was the subject of a one-day national workshop organised at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University here on Monday. The workshop aimed at promotion and dissemination of understanding, awareness, mitigation and coping strategies…
Low pressure over Andaman sea intensified into a depression over east central Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood on October 22. The system is likely to move north westwards and likely to intensify into a deep depression on October 23 and may change its direction of movement to north-northeastwards on October 23 night. Therafter, it may…
East Coast Railway has done preparations and ground work to meet the challenges posed by cyclone Asani. Taking note of the meteorological forecasts and also the experiences of devastation to Railway properties during Fani in 2019, Titli in 2018, Hudhud in 2014, Phailin in 2013, Amphan in 2020 and super cyclone of 1999, ECoR has…
