A couple of depressions in the Bay of Bengal may give rise to a cyclone this month.

Bangladesh on Wednesday called for the creation of a rapid deployment fund to combat sudden climatic shocks across the globe.

World Bank clears Rs. 511-crore for the State

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Two-way radio to give disaster warning along 480 km Orissa coast ABOUT 300,000 fishermen living along the coast in Orissa will benefit from very high frequency (vhf) wireless radio sets to be set up in their villages starting April. These devices will keep them updated on cyclone warnings issued by the Indian Meteorological Department. The reasons for providing people with such sets

MANGROVES NOT BIOSHIELDS: Coastal forests such as mangroves cannot protect communities from tsunamis, claims a new study to be published by the United Nations Environment Programme. Researchers from ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University, Australia, analyzed the pattern of damage that occurred during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and said there was no

BHUBANESWAR: The World Bank team is reported to have given green signal to the Rs 441- crore National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) which would be launched in the State from April.