A group of women in the Sunderbans on Sunday tied rakhis on mangrove trees vowing to protect them in the hope that they would in turn get protected from the vagaries of nature such as cyclones. ...

The quake sent tremors travelling as far as Jamaica and Cuba. Countries in the region quickly offered help to Haiti. “I am saddened by the devastating earthquake that occurred in Saint-Louis d...

Four more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district where the search and rescue operation resumed early on Thursday, raising the death toll to 14, offici...

Seven lives were lost across south Bengal as heavy downpour continued on Friday because of a well-marked low pressure that led to water-logging at several places and disruption in normal life, includi...

  Residents of Diamond Harbour in South 24-Parganas saw a giant column of wind on river Hooghly on Wednesday evening. Eyewitnesses said the column seemed to “roam” on the river surf...

Calcutta High Court on Wednesday admitted a public interest litigation challenging the validity of the Duare Tran scheme undertaken by the state government to compensate those affected by Cyclone Yaas...

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Around 200 houses were damaged as a 20-minute-long cyclonic wind wreaked havoc in several areas of Gaighata block in North 24-Parganas on Monday evening. Local sources said that a rotating column of ...

Floods triggered by Cyclone Yaas have led to drinking water shortage at several places in coastal South 24-Parganas, North 24-Parganas and East Midnapore, with most sources of drinking water remaining...

A downward flow of floodwater from the Rajmahal plateau of Jharkhand into Murshidabad’s Farakka, two days after Cyclone Yaas triggered heavy rain in the neighbouring state too, on Saturday morni...