BBC1 年
Cyclone Fani: More than 1,000 Bangladesh homes destroyed
Cyclone Fani has caused extensive damage in Bangladesh ... but officials said the loss of life could have been far worse. In 1999, a super-cyclone in the Bay of Bengal ravaged the coast of ...
BBC1 年
Cyclone Fani: Indians shelter from powerful storm
Cyclone Fani, one of the most severe storms to hit the region in recent years, made landfall at 08:00 local time (02:30 GMT) on Friday. More than one million people have been evacuated from the ...
Business Insider India5 年
Here’s how cyclone ‘Fani’ was named — and what it means
The name of the Cyclone ‘Fani’, pronounced as ‘Foni’ was suggested by Bangladesh. It means ‘Snake’ or ‘hood of snake’. The practice of naming the cyclones began when authorities ...
Khaleej Times5 年
Cyclone Fani: Airlines cancel flights to and from Odisha
With what is said to be India's strongest tropical cyclone in 20 years, Cyclone Fani made landfall on the eastern coast of Odisha on Friday morning. Wind speed touched nearly 200kmph, wreaking ...
Business Insider India5 年
Cyclone Fani and the impact of global warming captured by NASA
Cyclone Fani is shaping up to be the biggest storm to pass through the Bay of Bengal since 2008. An image of Cyclone Fani capture by NASA shows the storm growing in size and heading north-east ...
Grief, lessons and hope: 25 years of super cyclone in Odisha
Apart from the staggering human casualty, the 1999 super cyclone (official name ... of successive natural disasters such as ...