Senior IPS Arun Bothra took to Twitter to recall Pradeep Jena's efforts in 1999 Super Cyclone. At that time, Pradeep Jena was the Collector of Cuttack and Bothra was the ASP.
* Amphan intensifies into Super Cyclonic Storm at 11:30 AM today: IMD.
* Rain likely to start in Gajapati, Ganjam & Kendrapara from this evening: SRC Pradeep Jena.
* Bhubaneswar and Jagatsinghpur district now have no active cases…
TNI Bureau: Extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan is likely to intensify into ‘Super Cyclone’ in the next 12 hours, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Monday.
From 5.30 pm on Monday till 5.30 am on…
Heavy rains triggered by strong winds, have lashed Bhubaneswar, as the Cyclone Phailin is approaching the Odisha Coast at Gopalpur faster than expected. Normal life has come to a standstill in the capital city with people keeping themselves…
The 'Very Severe' Cyclone Phailin, which is now centred at 260 km away from the Gopalpur Coast, will hit the land by this evening. The landfall has already begun in Ganjam, Puri, Gajapati, Khordha, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur district.…
Unlike in 1999, when infrastructure, administration and communication were very poor, which became a hindrance to deal with the severity of the storm and resulted in the death of over 10,000 people in Coastal Odisha, this time the…
The Cyclone Phailin has been upgraded to 'very severe', triggering panic in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The storm formed over the Bay of Bengal, is centred 820-km southeast of Paradip today. It would hit Gopalpur Coast by the night…