Tag: Cyclone
Cyclone Idai batters Zimbabwe, at least 24 people dead
HARARE: At least 24 people have died in south eastern Zimbabwe as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm, the country’s information...
Powerful cyclone strikes Oman, Yemen; 5 dead, 30 missing
SALALAH: A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighboring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a...
Pakistan’s coast will not face any threat from Arabian Sea cyclone:...
A new cyclone is taking shape, east of Somalia in the Arabian Sea and is expected to make a landfall in coastal Oman and...
At least 18 dead after cyclone hits Horn of Africa
ADDIS ABABA: Flooding and strong winds caused by a tropical cyclone left at least 18 people dead and thousands homeless across two countries in...
Four dead, one missing as cyclone causes floods in Fiji
SYDNEY: Floods caused by a tropical cyclone that brought torrential weekend rains to the Pacific island nation of Fiji have killed four people, with...
Battered Tongan capital begins cleaning up after powerful cyclone
NUKU'ALOFA: A battered Nuku'alofa began cleaning up on Tuesday after the most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the Tongan capital tore roofs off buildings, downed...
Tonga declares state of emergency as cyclone looms
Tonga declared a state of emergency Monday and imposed a curfew in the capital Nuku’alofa as the Pacific island kingdom braced for a direct...
Effects of cyclone Ockhi expected to hit Karachi, other coastal cities
KARACHI: A powerful cyclone that has killed over a dozen people across India and Sri Lanka is expected to show effects in Pakistan's coastal...
Harvey moves into Louisiana with at least 35 dead, 17 missing
The storm has forced 32,000 people into shelters since coming ashore on Friday as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in half a century.
Cyclone kills 10 in south India’s tech hub Chennai
At least 10 people were killed when Cyclone Vardah slammed into the southern Indian tech hub of Chennai, bringing down houses and cutting off...
Heavy rainfall forecast up north, cyclone alert for Karachi
A cyclone gathering a pace of 1,200 kilometres off Karachi’s coast could pose as a substantial threat to the city’s shores in the next...
KP’s ‘mini cyclone’ restores faith in global warming
PDMA decries impossibility to act without a warning as PMD laments lack of ability to issue one
Environmentalists stress need to take pro-active measures in...
Cyclone in India kills eight as typhoon hits Japan
The Indian Ocean is a cyclone hot spot. Of the 35 deadliest storms in recorded history, 27 have come through the Bay of Bengal —and have landed in either India or Bangladesh.
Cyclone Hudhud hammers India’s eastern seaboard, three dead
Cyclone Hudhud blasted India's eastern seaboard on Sunday with gusts of up to 195 kilometres an hour (over 120 mph), uprooting trees, damaging buildings...
Cyclone kills seven in India
Phailin ripped through India's east coast leaving a trail of destruction on Sunday and up to seven people dead after one of the biggest...
Weakening Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh
Cyclone Mahasen has hit the southern low-lying coast of Bangladesh killing six people, with authorities later downgrading warnings as the storm gradually lost...
Weakening Cyclone Mahasen heads to Bangladesh
A cyclone threatening to lash low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar appears to have weakened, according to the UN. In a statement released...
