cyclones

After Typhoon Mawar battered Guam, 'what used to be a jungle looks like toothpicks'

The strongest typhoon to hit the territory since 2002, Mawar briefly made landfall around 9 p.m. Wednesday as a Category 4 storm

Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar | Official death toll reaches at least 145

Warming warning: On the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends

India launches ‘Operation Karuna’ to assist cyclone-hit Myanmar

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Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 60 in Myanmar

Effects of Cyclone Mocha seen in Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar on May 14, 2023. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Cyclone 'Mocha' damages over 230 houses in Mizoram

Cyclone Mocha floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar, at least 700 injured

Top news of the day: Congress sends three observers to Karnataka CLP election; at least 3 dead in Myanmar as cyclone Mocha makes landfall, and more

The week in 5 charts | Karnataka elections, Toshakhana corruption case, Tamil Nadu cabinet reshuffle and more

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Buildings damaged by Cyclone Mocha are seen in Kyauk Phyu township, Rakhine State on May 14, 2023. Photo: Military True News Information Team via AP

Powerful Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, tearing off roofs and killing at least three

This image provided by World Food Programme shows relief food commodities being stockpiled at WFP warehouses in Rakhine State. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclonic storm churned in the Bay of Bengal.

Over half a million people evacuated as ‘Cyclone Mocha’ barrels towards Bangladesh’s coast

With a much-needed victory tantalisingly close in Karnataka, early celebrations broke out at the Congress headquarters in Bengaluru.

Top news of the day: Congress makes a comeback in Karnataka; BJP scores big in U.P. urban local body polls, and more

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People shelter at a monastery in Sittwe town in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on May 12, 2023, ahead of the expected landfall of Cyclone Mocha.

Cyclone Mocha heads to Bangladesh, Myanmar coasts, threatening refugees

All arrangements have been made for counting of votes of the Karnataka elections to seven assembly segments at University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Dharwad. The counting of votes will begin at 8 a.m.

Morning Digest | Karnataka set for counting of votes; Cyclone Mocha to be stronger than expected; Home Ministry prepares Model Prisons Act 2023 to replace British-era law, and more

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Tourists at Danushkodi-Arichalmunai road enjoy getting drenched as huge waves crashed on the sea shore splashing water on to the road as gusty winds swept the area in the wake of Cyclone Mocha over southeast Bay of Bengal, on May 12, 2023.

Cyclone Mocha to be stronger than expected

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This satellite image provided by India Meteorological Department shows storm Mocha will intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people on May 12, 2023.

Hundreds of thousands to be evacuated as Bangladesh and Myanmar brace for ‘severe’ Cyclone Mocha

A quick response disaster management team clears a tree that fell in a storm due to cyclone Mocha at Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair, on May 10, 2023.

Deep depression over Bay of Bengal intensifies into cyclonic storm Mocha

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Deep depression formed over southeast Bay of Bengal: IMD

A low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensity into a cyclonic storm on May 10, 2023, according to IMD. Image for representational purpose only.

Low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal likely to intensify into cyclonic storm on May 10: IMD

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File

Cyclone Mocha | CM Mamata says ‘will rescue people from coastal areas’

Fishermen are seen at their fishing country boat as they remove the fishing net from the water inside the Bay of Bengal Sea’s Odisha coast at Puri. High tide waves hits to the beach due to cyclonic low pressure format inside the Bay of Bengal.

Cyclonic circulation likely to develop over southeast Bay of Bengal around May 6, says MeT department

A scuffle broke out between protesting wrestlers and the police at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, on May 3, 2023.

Morning Digest | Late night scuffle between wrestlers, Delhi police at Jantar Mantar; Ajay Banga becomes World Bank chief unopposed, and more

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A low-pressure area is usually a pre-cursor to the development of a cyclone, and according to IMD’s calculations, it is expected to take shape on May 7. File

IMD predicts cyclone in Bay of Bengal by May 10

A boy rides a horse during a hot afternoon at Dadar in Mumbai, March 2023.

Explained | March 2023 was the second-warmest March, not the first. What does this mean?

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