Cyclone Phailin Live

The flood situation in India's east coast turned grim on Saturday with at least 42 people having lost their lives and thousands evacuated in the last four days in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. After Cyclone Phailin, now a cyclonic storm that turned into a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has caused incessant rains, inundated hundreds of villages...

According to survivors of Cyclone Phailin quoted by a report, mobiles and radios were vital in informing them of danger.

The World Bank has praised India's evacuation of nearly 10 lakh people in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, which ensured minimal loss of human lives, before the cyclone Phailin made landfall and attributed it to its years of disaster management preparedness.

Flood fury raged in four West Bengal districts claiming nine lives over the past four days while the army was deployed in East Midnapore district to repair a 75-metre embankment, officials said today.

The timely and accurate predictions by the meteorological department along with swift action by the government and disaster management forces may have minimised the loss of lives, but the twin calamity of Cyclone Phailin and the resultant floods have still affected over 1.2 crore people in more than 16,000 villages in Odisha. The death toll in the...

Heavy rain due to Cyclone Phailin has claimed four more lives have died in Bihar since Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 14.

With over one crore people hit by Cyclone Phailin in Odisha that left a trail of destruction, the state government today announced food assistance packages for the families living in affected villages.

The World Bank chief has expressed concern over the landfall of cyclone Phailin, stating that his thoughts go out to all those living in its path.

The monster cyclone Phailin, packing heavy rains and destructive winds, hit very close to Gopalpur on the Odisha coast shortly after 9 on Saturday evening, as over seven lakh residents moved inland to shelters in the hope of riding out the dangerous storm.

Cyclone Phailin hit the Indian coast, a little south of Gopalpur in Odisha, between 8.30 to 9 pm today at a windspeed of 200 kilometres per hour, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said in New Delhi.

Broken glass pieces, wood shreds and asbestos sheets flew like killer projectiles in these two adjoining cities, moments after the severe cyclone 'Phailin' slammed into Gopalpur beach.

The South Central Railway (SCR) has activated emergency control rooms at its headquarters in Hyderabad and Vijayawada, besides patrolling of railway tracks, among other measures, to deal with the situation arising out of the cyclonic storm Phailin.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday curtailed his stay at his ancestral village in West Bengal and returned to Delhi in view of the forecast for cyclone Phailin.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed that all possible assistance be extended to the states which are on alert for cyclone 'Phailin' after reviewing the situation soon after his return from an overseas tour.

18 helicopters, 12 aircraft and two war ships have been kept ready by the government for rescue and relief operations in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh which are facing the brunt of cyclone 'Phailin'.

The flood situation in India's east coast turned grim on Saturday with at least 42 people having lost their lives and thousands evacuated in the last four days in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. After Cyclone Phailin, now a cyclonic storm that turned into a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has caused incessant rains, inundated hundreds of villages...

According to survivors of Cyclone Phailin quoted by a report, mobiles and radios were vital in informing them of danger.

The World Bank has praised India's evacuation of nearly 10 lakh people in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, which ensured minimal loss of human lives, before the cyclone Phailin made landfall and attributed it to its years of disaster management preparedness.

Flood fury raged in four West Bengal districts claiming nine lives over the past four days while the army was deployed in East Midnapore district to repair a 75-metre embankment, officials said today.

The timely and accurate predictions by the meteorological department along with swift action by the government and disaster management forces may have minimised the loss of lives, but the twin calamity of Cyclone Phailin and the resultant floods have still affected over 1.2 crore people in more than 16,000 villages in Odisha. The death toll in the...

Heavy rain due to Cyclone Phailin has claimed four more lives have died in Bihar since Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 14.

With over one crore people hit by Cyclone Phailin in Odisha that left a trail of destruction, the state government today announced food assistance packages for the families living in affected villages.

The World Bank chief has expressed concern over the landfall of cyclone Phailin, stating that his thoughts go out to all those living in its path.

The monster cyclone Phailin, packing heavy rains and destructive winds, hit very close to Gopalpur on the Odisha coast shortly after 9 on Saturday evening, as over seven lakh residents moved inland to shelters in the hope of riding out the dangerous storm.

Cyclone Phailin hit the Indian coast, a little south of Gopalpur in Odisha, between 8.30 to 9 pm today at a windspeed of 200 kilometres per hour, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said in New Delhi.

Broken glass pieces, wood shreds and asbestos sheets flew like killer projectiles in these two adjoining cities, moments after the severe cyclone 'Phailin' slammed into Gopalpur beach.

The South Central Railway (SCR) has activated emergency control rooms at its headquarters in Hyderabad and Vijayawada, besides patrolling of railway tracks, among other measures, to deal with the situation arising out of the cyclonic storm Phailin.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday curtailed his stay at his ancestral village in West Bengal and returned to Delhi in view of the forecast for cyclone Phailin.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed that all possible assistance be extended to the states which are on alert for cyclone 'Phailin' after reviewing the situation soon after his return from an overseas tour.

18 helicopters, 12 aircraft and two war ships have been kept ready by the government for rescue and relief operations in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh which are facing the brunt of cyclone 'Phailin'.