Cyclone Mocha: AP on high alert, heavy rains expected for next 3 days

Cyclone Mocha: AP on high alert, heavy rains expected for next 3 days

[ad_1] Hyderabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning that rains in Andhra Pradesh will continue for the next three days in view of cyclone Mocha. The IMD previously stated that Mocha is anticipated to strike the eastern coast between May 7 and May 9. Therefore, for the next three days, the isolated … Read more

IMD predicts cyclone over Bay of Bengal around May 9

IMD predicts cyclone over Bay of Bengal around May 9

[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that there is a possibility of the formation of a cyclone over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) around May 9. A cyclonic circulation will form over southeast Bay of Bengal around May 6, which will convert into a low pressure area over the same region … Read more

Wary of cyclone, Odisha gears up for calamity in advance

Wary of cyclone, Odisha gears up for calamity in advance

[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: After being hit by summer cyclones for three consecutive years in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the Odisha government on Wednesday geared up for such an eventuality in the coming days, though the IMD forecast no possibility of any low-pressure formation in the Bay of Bengal in a fortnight. The government decided to open … Read more

Cyclone Freddy leaves 4 dead, 11,000 displaced in Madagascar: UN

Cyclone Freddy leaves 4 dead, 11,000 displaced in Madagascar: UN

[ad_1] United Nations: Tropical Cyclone Freddy slamming into Madagascar’s eastern coast has claimed the lives of at least four people and displaced 11,000 others from their homes, a UN spokesman said. Government preliminary estimates showed that although the storm weakened before landfall near the city of Mananjary, it brought devastating winds, said Stephane Dujarric, the … Read more

New Zealand appoints ministers in charge of cyclone response

New Zealand appoints ministers in charge of cyclone response

[ad_1] Wellington: A Cabinet committee and regional ministerial leads were appointed on Tuesday to help coordinate New Zealand’s response and recovery from cyclone Gabrielle which lashed the North Island over the past week. The new Extreme Weather Recovery Committee will be chaired by Finance Minister Grant Robertson as Minister for Cyclone Recovery, with Barbara Edmonds … Read more

Cyclone Gabrielle: temporary morgues set up in New Zealand as rescues continue

Cyclone Gabrielle: temporary morgues set up in New Zealand as rescues continue

[ad_1] Authorities in New Zealand have set up two temporary morgues, as the death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle, the country’s most damaging storm in decades, climbs to seven. A second volunteer firefighter, Craig Stevens, died in hospital after being caught in a landslide near Auckland earlier in the week. A body was also found near … Read more

New Zealand surveys damage from Cyclone Gabrielle amid new storm warnings – in pictures

[ad_1] At least five people have been killed after the storm with towns cut off, thousands of people uncontactable and many more without power Guardian staff Main image: Residents wade through flood waters in the city of Napier, on New Zealand’s North Island, in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Thu 16 Feb … Read more

Cyclone Gabrielle: fresh storm warnings for New Zealand’s worst-hit regions as death toll rises to five

Cyclone Gabrielle: fresh storm warnings for New Zealand’s worst-hit regions as death toll rises to five

[ad_1] At least five people have died and evacuations are continuing as fresh storm warnings are announced in regions of New Zealand already devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle and the prime minister warns of the likelihood of further fatalities. As of 2.30pm on Thursday, 3,455 people had been registered by police as “uncontactable”, with some likely … Read more

Earthquake dog rescue and Cyclone Gabrielle: Wednesday’s best photos

[ad_1] The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading… [ad_2] #Earthquake #dog #rescue #Cyclone #Gabrielle #Wednesdays #photos ( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )

‘How can we get out of here?’: survivors of Cyclone Gabrielle describe sense of loss and despair

‘How can we get out of here?’: survivors of Cyclone Gabrielle describe sense of loss and despair

[ad_1] In the New Zealand city of Napier, black army helicopters hum overhead. Leonard Fleming has damp clothes, no food and faces a third night sleeping in his car with his dogs Beadle and Mika. Fleming knows he has likely lost everything he left behind when he fled his home in nearby Eskdale, Hawke’s Bay, … Read more