A new report by Christian Aid — Counting the cost 2021: A year of climate breakdown — on Monday identified 15 of the most destructive climate disasters of the year. They include some of the disasters hit rapidly, like Cyclone Yaas, which struck India and Bangladesh in May and caused losses valued at $3 billion … Read more
On the other hand, the west coast of the country is also likely to get an enhanced rainfall starting from June 10. IMD Weather forecast: A few days after the country witnessed two cyclones – Tauktae and Yaas – the India Meteorological Department has said that another low-pressure area is set to form over the … Read more
Alapan Bandyopadhyay, by all accounts, is the last person one would imagine in the middle of a political controversy. In a state known for its sharply contested, at times violent, political space, the former West Bengal chief secretary seemed to possess the skills to not just stay out of trouble, but also endear himself to … Read more
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged all the opposition parties to rise up against the BJP for insulting bureaucrats, the post #BengaliPrimeMinister with a photo of the TMC leader has been trending in Twitter, triggering comments that Mamata might be the face of the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during … Read more
Amid criticism for keeping the prime minister and governor waiting at Kalaikunda airbase ahead of a review meeting on cyclone Yaas, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday clarified that her helicopter could not land for 30 minutes owing to the protocol followed for the PM’s security. Banerjee said the chopper had to remain … Read more
It was a meeting that hardly lasted for a minute but the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee created a huge political controversy. When senior leaders of the BJP claimed that it was the chief minister’s ego that resisted her from staying away from the review meeting with … Read more
Cyclone Yaas makes landfall in Paradip, Odisha. (PTI Image) Year after year the eastern coastal belt of India has been ravaged by super cyclonic storms. After Amphan’s destructive tryst on May 20 last year, cyclone Yaas is making landfall in Odisha. Just a week back cyclone Tauktae that originated in the Arabian sea claimed lives … Read more
In times of Covid, it would be a challenge for the local officials to maintain pandemic protocols in the storm shelters. (PTI photo) Super Cyclone Yaas Live Location, Tropical Cyclone Yaas Landfall Update Live: Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for the Cyclone Yaas today. The Indian Meteorological Department says that it intensified into a ‘very … Read more
He also explained what has changed now that cyclones forming on the Arabian Sea are coming towards India. Cyclone Tauktae, Cyclone Yaas: Recently, the western coast of India witnessed Cyclone Tauktae and its devastating impact. The cyclone turned into a extremely severe cyclonic storm in the hours leading up to the landfall in Gujarat, and … Read more
This May 24 satellite image provided by NASA shows Cyclone Yaas approaching India’s eastern coast. (Photo credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System AP/PTI Photo) Meaning of Cyclone Yaas and How Cyclone Storms are Named: At the first hint of overcast skies, the eastern coastal belt of Odisha, West Bengal readies itself … Read more