A deep depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Asani' on Sunday after it moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 16 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
May 8, 2022Issuing an alert to all the District Collectors of Coastal District the Special Relief Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary to Government (Disaster Management), Pradeep Kumar Jena on Thursday asked them to stay prepared for a possible cyclone over the Bay of Bengal.
May 5, 2022The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal had intensified into a cyclonic storm which was centred about 530 km south-southeast of Gopalpur on Friday
December 4, 2021The cloudy sky may continue from November 21 till 24 with isolated places experiencing light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning.
November 18, 2021Under the influence of this system, rainfall may increase in Odisha from November 17 and continue up to November 20 with one or two places in south Odisha experiencing heavy rainfall.
November 14, 2021Heavy to very heavy rainfall are likely at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh in the next 24 hours.
September 28, 2021“A Cyclonic circulation is likely to form over east-central and adjoining north-east Bay of Bengal around September 25. The system is likely to move west –north-westwards and reach the Odisha coast during the subsequent 48 hours”, IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre here tweeted on Monday.
September 20, 2021Due to heavy rains throughout the night, the water crisis situation is becoming complicated in several districts of South Bengal.
September 20, 2021The MeT officials believe the cyclone to impact Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh as well.
September 15, 2021"A cyclonic circulation lies over west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal off south Odisha - north Andhra Pradesh in the middle and upper tropospheric levels, tilting southwestwards with height", Meteorological Department.
August 16, 2021The emergency office control rooms in the districts have been asked to remain in readiness with field level functionaries to meet with exigency like evacuating the people.
June 9, 2021The wind speed will gradually increase thereafter, reaching 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph in the afternoon of May 26. It will increase to 155 to 165 kmph when it crosses the coast on May 26 evening, it added.
May 23, 2021In recent years, India has expanded its spending on US weapons, bringing in billions of dollars in helicopters, howitzers, cargo planes and other equipment. India also takes part in Malabar, a naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea that also includes the United States, Japan and Australia.
March 27, 2021That the two disasters coincided was in itself one of the deepest tragedies that the state contenanced. Described as the "costliest tropical cyclone of the year", the report has been crafted by Christian Aid, a relief and development agency based in London. It is said to have displaced 4.9 million people across the affected countries in the Bay of Bengal.
December 30, 2020These exercises include cross-deck flying operations and advanced air defence exercises by MIG 29K fighters of Vikramaditya and-18 fighters and E2C Hawkeye from Nimitz.
November 16, 2020The Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal are fast becoming new flashpoints in the Sino-Indian strategic maritime competition. In the last two years, PLA Navy entered the Bay of Bengal on several occasions. The frequency of Chinese submarine patrols in the IOR has almost tripled in the last two years
October 25, 2020According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, the retrieval of the Southwest Monsoon, this year, is likely to be delayed due to the formation of a low-pressure area and incursion of moisture from Bay of Bengal.
October 17, 2020