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Cyclone Remal begins to make landfall over coastal areas of West Bengal, Bangladesh

PM Modi Sunday reviewed the preparedness of rescue and rehabilitation on the Indian coast ahead of Cyclone Remal making landfall.

Cyclone Remal begins to landfall over coastal Bengal & Bangladesh, Tripura issues red alert

Low-pressure area that was first observed on 22 May in Bay of Bengal has intensified into depressive system. Primary regions affected are West Bengal, Coastal Bangladesh & Tripura.

Deep depression intensifies into cyclonic storm Remal, likely to hit Bengal coast by Sunday night

Airport and port operations in Kolkata will be suspended for 12-21 hours Sunday, with IMD warning wind speeds likely to reach 100-120 kmph as cyclone Remal makes landfall.

Severe cyclone Remal heads for Bengal, heavy rainfall and strong winds expected

It is projected to make landfall in West Bengal and the coastal regions of Bangladesh around midnight Sunday.

IMD enhances cyclone forecast device, accuracy upto 50% more than previous decade

During the exercise, a web-based Dynamic Composite Risk Atlas (Web-DCRA) was developed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP).

Heavy rain, floods as southern India braces for Cyclone Michaung. Four-year-old boy among 9 dead

Cyclone expected to hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh, the weather office said, gusting in with winds of up to 110 kph.

At least 900 residents in south coastal Andhra Pradesh evacuated ahead of cyclonic storm Michaung

Bapatla district superintendent of police Vakul Jindal said 21 cyclone shelters have been set up. 10 trees were uprooted and 12 bridges and culverts are overflowing in the district.

Cyclone Michaung: Heavy rains lead to waterlogging, cancelled trains in Chennai

Some roads in the city are completely immersed in water. NDRF teams have been deployed in the city in view of the upcoming cyclone.

Met Dept issues orange alert for Tamil Nadu, cyclonic storm likely around 2-3 December

The state has been grappling with torrential rainfall in the past four-five days, bringing back memories of a flood it experienced in 2015.

India’s cyclone warning system is the model for disaster-proofing the country. Floods next

More than 40 per cent of districts in India that were previously dry are seeing floods and vice-versa. A holistic climate resilience approach is needed to address this.

On Camera

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?