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After Cyclone Fani, women in a migrant fishing community start resilience fund
Mongabay India • 5 years agoWomen in a migrant fishing community in Odisha have created a resilience fund to shield themselves from disasters in the aftermath of cyclone Fani. Mapping resilience of women-led households and learning from their behaviour can provide insights to prepare better for the future.
Mega Cyclone Fani: Rescuing a Million review — NatGeo documentary is a compact recounting of events
Aarushi Agrawal • 5 years agoMega Cyclone Fani: Rescuing a Million is limited in scope, offering a brisk, but well-informed treatment, to an important topic.
Cyclones in Arabian Sea: From Cyclone Maha to Fani, a look at severe cyclonic storms over northern Indian Ocean
Fp Staff • 5 years agoIn a bulletin released late on Wednesday night, the weather department said cyclone 'Maha' had moved east-northeastwards with a speed of 21 kmph and lay centred over east-central and adjoining northeast the Arabian Sea, about 250 km southwest of Porbandar in Gujarat and 290 km west-southwest of Diu.
National Geographic's new documentary on Cyclone Fani to reveal how Odisha saved a million lives
Fp Staff • 5 years agoNational Geographic will chronicle the nerve-racking 48 hours prior to the landfall in its documentary Mega Cyclone Fani: Rescuing a Million.
MHA approves Rs 3,338 crore assistance for Odisha after Cyclone Fani; Naveen Patnaik thanks Narendra Modi for help
• 6 years agoOdisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the additional Central assistance of Rs 3,338.22 crore to the state for the damage caused by cyclone Fani.
Centre approves Rs 4,432 crore to Odisha, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh for damages caused by natural calamities in 2018-19
• 6 years agoThe Centre has approved release of over Rs 4,432 crore to Odisha, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh for the damage caused by natural calamities in these states during the last financial year
Environment ministry says over 2,000 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018-19, denies connection to climate change
• 6 years agoMore than 2,000 people died in India in the last one year due to extreme weather events, the environment ministry informed Rajya Sabha on Monday but denied any connection to climate change.
Opposition urges govt to rein in carriers, raises concern over steep airfares during calamities like cyclone, floods in Lok Sabha
• 6 years agoMembers of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Thursday flagged the issue of steep airfares especially during natural calamities like cyclones and riots
64 people dead, over 1.4 lakh hectare crop area, and 5.56 lakh houses affected due to Cyclone Fani, says home ministry
• 6 years agoAs many as 64 people had died and over 1.4 lakh hectare crop area was affected due to Cyclone Fani in Odisha, the Home ministry said on Tuesday.
Naveen Patnaik brings up Special Category Status for Odisha, women's empowerment and simultaneous polls at NITI Aayog meet
• 6 years agoOdisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik cited the instance of cyclone Fani that battered 14 districts, killed 64 people and caused a total loss of Rs 9,336.26 crore after making landfall at a wind speed of about 200 kmph near Puri on 3 May.