Past cyclones in India, such as the Odisha Super Cyclone in 1999 (with winds up to 260 km/h), Cyclone Phailin in 2013 (215 km/h), and Cyclone Amphan in 2020 (185 km/h), were far more intense.

Biju Janata Dal MP Dr Sasmit Patra urged the Centre to grant Special Category Status to Odisha, citing its fiscal strain due to frequent cyclones and its significant contributions to India's economy.

Billed as a Hurricane Katrina on India's coast, cyclone Phailin made landfall on Saturday night with windspeeds of up to 220 kilometres per hour. Undoubtedly, it was one of the worst cyclones to ...

This surge in activity is primarily attributed to increased tropical cyclone development in the South Indian Ocean, compared to what has occurred in parts of the Pacific. Activity across both ...

Tropical cyclone Garance made landfall on the French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion on Friday, packing gusts of 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour. Garance – the equivalent of a Category 2 ...

In India, a powerful Cyclone Fani hit in eastern parts of India on Friday morning. The Indian meteorological department is predicting Fani will hit the coast near the Hindu holy city of Puri by about ...

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has a well-defined process to select the name of each cyclone. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan and Thailand send names ...

BHUBANESWAR: As Odisha steps up its blackbuck conservation efforts, the Jagannath Prasad area in Ganjam district has emerged ...

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has conferred the Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (STAC) Outstanding Service Award 2025 on India Meteorological Department (IMD ...

Exercise CYCLONE is an annual event conducted alternatively in India and Egypt. The last edition of the same exercise was conducted in Egypt in January 2024, the Ministry of Defence noted.

At least four people were killed and hundreds of thousands were left without water or electricity as Cyclone Garance flooded parts of the island of Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean ...