December 4, 2023
A severe cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is likely to cause heavy rain and strong winds across southeast India, with authorities warning of flash floods, damage to crops and power failures in some affected areas. Cyclone Michaung may bring …
June 16, 2023
Strong winds, heavy rain and high tides lashed India’s Gujarat coast late on Thursday as Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall after authorities there and in neighboring Pakistan had evacuated more than 180,000 people to safety. Deserted coastal towns were battered in …
June 13, 2023
Major oil and container ports have shut in India as a severe cyclone tracks toward the nation’s west coast near Pakistan. Adani Group’s flagship Mundra operation, India’s busiest container harbor, the oil ports of Vadinar and Sikka, as well as …
June 12, 2023
A storm off India’s west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone and could hit India’s western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the weather department said. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make …
May 28, 2021
When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put. That decision would prove fatal when Tauktae, …
May 26, 2021
BHUBANESWAR, India – Storm surges inundated dozens of villages in eastern India on Wednesday after a powerful cyclone moved inland from the Bay of Bengal, damaging thousands of mud homes in two coastal states and killing at least one person, …
May 24, 2021
India braces for the second severe storm in about 10 days, with authorities in the eastern region preparing to evacuate people to safer places at a time when the country is battling the world’s worst outbreak of COVID-19. Cyclone Yaas, …
May 19, 2021
AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI – Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India’s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking an oilfield accommodation barge and killing 26 aboard, authorities said. …
May 18, 2021
A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting a massive operation to rescue 96 people missing from the vessel. “Long-range maritime surveillance aircraft were assisting the rescue effort …
May 17, 2021
A severe cyclonic storm made landfall on India’s west coast, home to major refineries and ports, causing heavy rain and strong winds at a time when the nation is already battling the world’s worst outbreak of COVID-19. Cyclone Tauktae, equivalent …