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Cylcone Ockhi: Maharashtra Govt. declares holiday in schools, colleges
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday declared holiday in schools and colleges in Mumbai and adjoining areas as a precautionary measure against fast-approaching Cylcone Ockhi.
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C'garh CM offers help to Cyclone Ockhi affected people
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 4 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday offered to send 100 metric tonnes of rice for the Cyclone Ockhi affected people in Lakshadweep.
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Cyclone Ockhi: 357 fishermen have been rescued so far, says Sitharaman
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 4 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday informed that, so far, 357 fishermen, including 71 from Tamil Nadu, who had been stranded in sea due to Cyclone Ockhi, have been rescued.
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Cyclone Ockhi likely to weaken
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said cyclonic storm Ockhi was likely to move in the northeasterly direction and gradually weaken.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Indian Navy continues rescue operations
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The Indian Navy on Sunday continued the search and rescue operations for the fourth day over Southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep and Minicoy (L&M) Islands in the aftermath of cyclonic storm Ockhi.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Death toll rises to 19
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu revenue control room on Sunday stated that the total number of deaths caused due to cyclone Ockhi has reached 19.
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Nirmala Sitharaman reviews aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi in Kanyakumari
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday reached Kanyakumari to review the current situation in the wake of the cyclonic storm 'Ockhi' which has tormented the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and now Lakshadweep.
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Cyclone Ockhi: 25 rescued from Lakshadweep, 13 from Kerala coast
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): As rescue operations continue in full strength post the cyclonic storm 'Ockhi', Commodore G Prakash, the Commanding Officer of INS Venduruthy, said 25 people were rescued from Lakshadweep and 13 picked off the Kerala coast.
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Ockhi cyclone likely to weaken, says IMD
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Cyclonic storm 'Ockhi' is likely to weaken gradually from Sunday, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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Cyclone Ockhi intensifies, moves to Lakshadweep islands
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India] December 2 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard on Saturday informed that the cyclone Ockhi, which has originated from Kanyakumari on November 29, has moved towards Lakshadweep islands and has intensified into 'severe cyclonic storm' with wind reaching up to spee
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Cyclone Ockhi: 'Lapses' in Kerala's disaster management department
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Amid the havoc of cyclonic storm Ockhi in the southern parts of India, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said there were serious lapses from the side of the state disaster management department.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Schools to remain close today
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 1 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the cyclonic storm Ockhi has intensified into severe cyclone and lies at about 110 kilometer northeast of island Minicoy and likely to cross Lakshadweep during next 24 hours.
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