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Cyclone Idai: 3 days of mourning in Mozambique, UN calls emergency getting
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Maputo [Mozambique], Mar 20 (ANI): President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday declared three days of national mourning after days of torrential rain and flooding killed more than 200 people and left a trail of destruction across southeast Africa.
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First responder to Cyclone Idai: India provides HADR to Mozambique
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Beira [Mozambique], Mar 20 (ANI): India's three naval ships have reached Port Beira of Mozambique, which has been ravaged by Cyclone Idai, and have delivered the first batch of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) stores including food, medicines and clothing to the Maputo's
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Did not anticipate Cyclone Idai's intensity: Zimbabwe Defence Minister
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Chimanimani [Zimbabwe], Mar 19 (ANI) : Zimbabwe's Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri, on Tuesday said that her government failed to anticipate the magnitude of Cyclone Idai.
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Cyclone Idai: President Nyusi says over 1,000 people may have died in Moza
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Maputo [Mozambique], Mar 19 (ANI): Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Monday said that Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in Mozambique and other neighbouring countries, might have claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, as torrential rains showed no signs of abating.
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Cyclone Idai: Toll rises to 150 in Malawi
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], Mar 18 (ANI): The toll in Cyclone Idai, which ravaged South Africa with flash floods, sweeping away houses and destroying trees and crops, earlier this week, has risen to 150 in Malawi alone.
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Cyclone Idai: India diverts 3 naval ships to Beira to provide humanitarian
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Idai which ravaged South African nations of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, killing as many as 100, India diverted three naval ships to the port city of Beira in Mozambique to provide immediate humanitarian aid and disaster relief
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Cyclone Idai: Death toll rises to 65 in Zimbabwe
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], Mar 18 (ANI): The death toll from Cyclone Idai which ravaged Zimbabwe earlier this week rose to 65, officials confirmed on Sunday.
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24 dead, 40 missing after cyclone ravages Zimbabwe
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], Mar 17 (ANI): A tropical cyclone left a trail of destruction in eastern Zimbabwe, with flash floods sweeping away houses and destroying trees and crops, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds of others. At least 40 people are also missing in the calamity, authorities said
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Patnaik writes to PM Modi, appeals for special category status for Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Citing the financial burden the state government has to bear to recuperate from frequent natural disasters, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accord the special category status to his state.
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Cyclone Gaza: Railway Ministry extends free transportation of relief mater
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Ministry of Railways has decided to extend free transportation of relief material to affected areas by 15 days from January 8 in solidarity with the people of Tamil Nadu affected by Cyclone 'Gaja'.
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EC cancels Thiruvarur Assembly by-poll citing Gaja aftermath
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): The by-election to Thiruvarur Assembly constituency which was slated for January 28 has been cancelled by the Election Commission at the request of the Tamil Nadu government and the district administration (Thiruvarur) who are pre-occupied with the
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Cyclone 'Pabuk' to hit Andaman Islands, orange alert sounded
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 6 (ANI): An "Orange" alert has been sounded in the Andaman Islands as cyclonic storm 'Pabuk' is expected to hit the archipelago later in the day.
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