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Cyclone Fani caused Odisha a loss of over Rs 9,000 cr: 1.6 cr people hit by storm, crops on 1.8 lakh hectare damaged
•According to the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), different departments assessed the loss to public properties to be Rs. 6643.63 crore, and an amount of Rs. 2692.63 crore is required for relief measures for the affected people.
Understanding Cyclone Fani: How sea surface temperature determines the strength of cyclones
Raghumurtugudde •Cyclogensis is a complex phenomenon which is initiated by a tropical depression.
Cyclone Fani: In the aftermath, an attempt to rebuild life, return to normalcy in Puri
Kaveer Rai •Puri district was found to be the most affected by Cyclone Fani. The days that followed the storm were a story of desperation and community, of serpentine lines outside government offices and the endless wait for relief supplies
Odisha government estimates losses of Rs 12,000 crore due to Cyclone Fani, says amount may increase after door-to-door survey
•'We have submitted a tentative loss figure of Cyclone Fani to the central team. This amount may increase as the officials will undertake a door-to-door survey to access the actual loss,' Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) BP Sethi said
Cyclone Fani survivors: Puri yet to recover from storm's aftermath; people complain of inadequate relief materials
Debi Mohanty •Sixty kilometres away from Bhubaneswar, Puri town, that has been worst hit by this cyclone, will likely have to wait for a few more days for electricity.
Cyclone Fani: NHRC issues notice to Odisha govt over relief material not reaching storm-affected areas, seeks response in six weeks
•Taking 'suo moto' cognisance of media reports, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Odisha government, directing it to ensure adequate food and water supplies to affected people in the cyclone-hit state.
Rajkummar Rao, Varun Dhawan, Madhuri Dixit urge fans to donate to Odisha post cyclone Fani
•After the violent cyclone, Fani wreaked havoc in Odisha on Friday, Bollywood celebrities have stepped in to urge their fans to donate for the affected state
Toll in Cyclone Fani rises to 34 in Odisha; casualty figure likely to rise as details from 'several-damaged' areas trickle in
•Twenty-one of the 34 deaths in Cyclone Fani were registered in Puri district in Odisha, where the storm made a landfall on Friday, flattening fragile houses, uprooting scores of trees, electric poles and mobile towers.
Five killed as Cyclone Fani hits Bangladesh after battering Odisha; dozens of villages on low-lying coast submerged
•The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday, where five more people died and more than a million were moved to safety.
Cyclone Fani tears through Odisha: Trees uprooted, homes destroyed, people stranded in shelter homes
Fp Staff •Cyclone Fani is expected to weaken with a wind speed of 150-160 km per hour in the next couple of hours. Gradually it will move north-northeastwards