Heavy to very heavy rains drenched this metropolis and other coastal districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday as the state and neighbouring UT of Puducherry braced for a very severe cyclonic storm ‘Nivar’ which is expected to pack winds with a speed of 120-130 km per hour gusting to 145 km per hour. Cyclone Nivar, […]
Severe cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ made landfall Saturday midnight between Sagar Islands of West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh, hurtling northeastwards into the neighbouring country over the Sunderban delta, with two deaths reported in its wake. The system, which made landfall as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained speed of 110 to 120 kilometres […]