Cyclone Ockhi

Friday, Apr 19, 2024 | Last Update : 08:26 AM IST

Fisherwomen at Vallavilai collect fish catch from the boats. (Photo: Asian Age)

Braving insurmountable odds

Cyclone Ockhi had claimed 144 lives from Vallavilai and seven other parishes under the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram.

27 Feb 2018 4:37 AM

S. Sobha (right), tailoring instructor at the Animation Centre at Vallavilai in Tamil Nadu along with the other widows. (Photo: Asian Age)

Widows turn to tailoring to stitch up their lives

Thanks to Fr Darwin Peter, the widows are fast picking up lessons to start life anew.

27 Feb 2018 4:34 AM

A Rohingya refugee girl looks next to newly arrived refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in Ukhiya. (Photo: AFP)

The year of the missing: Where’s our humanity?

All genocidal intent in India’s new policy is a clerical act of reclassification and the Rohingya go missing.

04 Jan 2018 2:58 AM

More than 75 people have been killed and hundreds of fishermen are missing in the wake of Ockhi.

Centre biased in aiding Ockhi-hit states: Opposition

Calls for stronger coordination; Cong walks out of LS.

23 Dec 2017 12:16 AM

Prime Minister said that the Union Government will support the cyclone-affected States through a package of relief measures. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cyclone Ockhi: PM announces relief measures for affected states

PM assured the people that all help will be provided to them, the Govt stands shoulder to shoulder with them in this hour of crisis.

19 Dec 2017 7:54 PM

Sitharaman was addressing the 90th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi when she made the announcement of the rescue of 700 fishermen. (Twitter | ANI)

700 fishermen missing after cyclone Ockhi rescued: Sitharaman

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan had also called upon all political parties, institutions and the public to donate generously to the special fund.

15 Dec 2017 8:28 AM

Opposition meet on floor strategy tomorrow

The meeting will be held at 4 pm, just an hour before the all-party meeting called by parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar.

13 Dec 2017 1:50 AM

Visibility on the streets was low on Saturday.

Weather experts attribute miasma to smog situation

Mumbai is now experiencing relatively lower wind speeds.

10 Dec 2017 1:51 AM

CM Devendra Fadnavis cleaning up a beach on December 3.

Ockhi’s litter a cry for help from oceans: Afroz

The beach clean up hero says that the mindset around marine litter must change to prevent an Ockhi-like incident from occuring again.

09 Dec 2017 12:08 AM

The minimum temperature in the city was 21 deg C.

Cyclone Ockhi leaves Mumbai chilly, but with ‘good’ air quality

The IMD has also attributed the improvement in AQI from 'poor' to 'good' category to the strong winds from cyclone and rains.

07 Dec 2017 5:30 AM

The deep depression would bring light to moderate rain in several parts of Gujarat and sea condition would remain rough for the next three days. (Photo: File/Deepak Kurkunde)

Cyclone Ockhi weakens into depression, may not hit Gujarat

Although the cyclone has weakened, the state administration has made all the preparation to meet any eventuality.

06 Dec 2017 7:38 AM

The highest rainfall in December before Tuesday was recorded in 2014 with 1.5 mm. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Weather could be normal today, says IMD

Mumbai witnessed a decline of five degrees in temperature on Tuesday, with a minimum temperature reaching up to 22 degrees.

06 Dec 2017 1:55 AM

Road and rail traffic was partially unaffected. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

WR on high alert, trains on CR line delayed, public transport runs empty

Road transport and trains ran empty as several working professionals opted to work from home.

06 Dec 2017 1:47 AM

BJP chief Amit Shah (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cyclone hits poll campaign

Mr Shah’s poll rallies in Rajula town of Amreli and Mahuva and Shihor of Bhavnagar district were cancelled.

06 Dec 2017 1:34 AM

Devotees resting inside a BMC school in Dadar. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Dadar civic schools host Ambedkar devotees in Mumbai

The civic agency has also deployed a team of doctors and arranged for ambulances around Chaitya Bhoomi, his Dadar-based memorial.

06 Dec 2017 1:27 AM

Fishermen pull their boat during high tide in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on Tuesday. The weather office has issued a rain and thundershower warning for Mumbai and suburbs beginning on Monday night in view of Cyclone Ockhi. (Photo: AP)

PM Modi assures assistance, says monitoring all states

Rainfall at most places with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands during next three days.

06 Dec 2017 1:06 AM

Altogether 809 fishermen with their boats from Tamil Nadu and Kerala were swept away and reached Maharashtra coast where they were provided food and shelter. (Photo: PTI)

Cyclone Ockhi: 39 people dead, 167 fishermen missing in TN, Kerala

Joint Secretary in the ministry Sanjeev Kumar Jindal also said the cyclone is slowing down and would have no impact in Gujarat.

05 Dec 2017 7:30 PM

A man watches a road that has been cut off due to floods following heavy rainfall caused by the cyclone Ockhi in the Kanyakumari district. (Photo: PTI)

Ockhi is a natural calamity

By declaring it a natural calamity, the Centre would help assuage some of the considerable damage.

05 Dec 2017 4:39 AM

A man uses his umbrella as he walks on a street during rains in Thane. Cyclone Ockhi brought unseasonal rains to some parts of the state. (Photo: Deepak Kurkunde)

Civic body, railways take precautionary measures

The Central Railways has deployed more than 250 RPF personnel and MSFC personnel to manage the crowds.

05 Dec 2017 1:54 AM

The fishermen are being counselled to remain inside harbour and not to venture out at sea till the system dissipates. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Oil firms warned of Ockhi cyclone

The coastal belt will witness rains and gusty winds during next two days and hence the alert has been sounded.

05 Dec 2017 1:52 AM

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