In the aftermath of a storm: In India’s battered Sundarbans, villagers have no place to call home
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of villages in the Sundarban delta in West Bengal…
Cyclone leaves more than 150,000 people homeless in eastern India
Kolkata, IndiaReuters More than 150,000 people were left homeless in the aftermath of a cyclone that unleashed storm surges in eastern India and Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday, with heavy rains hampering relief work in some low-lying coastal areas. At least five people were killed in the two countries after Cyclone Yaas moved inland from […]
At least two people killed as cyclone bears down on India’s east coast
Bhubaneswar, IndiaReuters A tornado ripped through eastern India on Tuesday, killing at least two people and damaging dozens of homes as a powerful cyclone neared the coast, officials said, while authorities tried to move over a million people to safety from low-lying areas. Cyclone Yaas was powering across the Bay of Bengal and would batter […]