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November 2, 2026 10:25 PM

India’s east coast braces for Cyclone Murasu; downpour disrupts flights, thousands move to safety

Heavy rains lashed India’s eastern coastal states that braced for a second severe cyclone within a week, cancelling several flights, putting disaster response teams on alert and shifting thousands of people to safety on Monday. Cyclone Murasu, a name meaning war drum, is expected to make landfall between Nellore and Narsapur in south Andhra Pradesh between Monday midnight and Tuesday early morning with wind speeds of 100-110 kmph, gusting up to 120 kmph. At least 19 domestic flights were can...

October 28, 2026 11:59 AM

Cyclone Arnab crosses Andhra Coast, weakens; Odisha evacuates over 30,000 people

Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh–Yanam coast on Wednesday morning and weakened into a severe cyclonic storm, prompting heightened preparedness across southern Odisha, where more than 30,000 people have been evacuated to safety. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the landfall process was completed by Wednesday morning, with the system moving entirely over land. The cyclone crossed the coast between 2 am and 8 am, with maximum sustained wind speed...

October 27, 2026 10:50 PM

Andhra, Odisha rush to evacuate people before Cyclone Arnab’s early morning landfall

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha set up nearly 4,000 cyclone shelters and moved thousands of people to safety while the railways cancelled at least 50 trains in the region ahead of the "very severe" cyclonic storm Arnab's landfall near Visakhapatnam early on Wednesday. At least 21 flights were cancelled at Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam airports on Tuesday, affecting services to Chennai, Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam and Kadapa. For Wednesday, 15 flights at Vijayawada airport have been cancelled, an official...

October 27, 2026 10:40 PM

Cyclone Arnab: Aiming to avoid even single loss of life, says Andhra CM

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said the government aims to avoid the loss of even a single life in the face of very severe cyclonic storm Arnab threatening major damage to the state. The weather system is likely to cross the coast between 2 am-4 am on Wednesday, the Met Department has said. Addressing a press conference at his camp office in Undavalli, CM Naidu noted that saving all lives is the priority of the government, even as he cautioned people in the vulner...

September 29, 2026 10:43 AM

River breach in Kushinagar inundates villages, UP CM orders relief

A major embankment breach occurred along the Narayani River near Tatwa Tola in Kushinagar district, inundating several surrounding villages and causing extensive damage. Following the breach, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the local administration, police, and disaster management and relief operation teams to carry out rescue and relief work, the state government said in a statement. Adityanath gathered details from the Gorakhpur commissioner, additional director general...

August 16, 2026 11:02 AM

Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51, cuts roads

Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday. Thirty-six people were seriously injured in the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 had minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus told a televised meeting. The quake, followed by some 341 aftershocks, is the Southeast Asian nation's deadliest sinc...

January 21, 2026 4:22 PM

Severe weather in New Zealand’s North Island prompts evacuations

Authorities urged evacuations in some low-lying areas of New Zealand's North Island on Wednesday and police searched for a missing man who was swept away in a river after continued heavy rain and strong winds triggered flooding, swollen rivers and landslides. Local councils across the north asked residents in flood-prone areas to move to higher ground and others to prepare to evacuate if needed. Several roads were closed because of slips and flooding, the New Zealand Transport Agency said. Ima...

September 16, 2025 7:22 PM

Israeli military strikes Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah

The Israeli military struck Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah on Tuesday, Al Masirah TV, a station affiliated with the Houthi movement, reported on Tuesday, hours after Israel issued an evacuation order for the port. The Houthis, a political and military group that controls the most populous parts of Yemen, have attacked vessels in the Red Sea in what they describe as acts of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. They have also fired missiles towards Israel, most of which have been intercep...

May 6, 2025 3:36 PM

Union Home Secretary reviews readiness ahead of tomorrow’s nationwide mock drill

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to finalise preparations for a nationwide mock drill scheduled for Wednesday (May 7). The exercise—prompted by heightened tensions with Pakistan following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam—will be conducted across 244 designated civil defence districts, extending down to the village level. Top officials from the Civil Defence and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) attended the meeting at the Ministry of Ho...

September 16, 2024 3:25 PM

Indian national thanks PM Modi & Indian government for evacuation under Operation Indravati in Haiti

An Indian national on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conducting Operation Indravati in Haiti. Earlier this month, India launched Operation Indravati to evacuate its nationals from Haiti to the Dominican Republic during the political crisis. "Thanks to the Indian government and Modi ji for the evacuation...special thanks to the Indian consulate in Haiti...," Firoz Valakettil from Kerala said. As part of the ongoing operation, 12 Indians were evacuated last month. External Affa...