Odisha seeks central aid for 800 new cyclone shelters; Minister Suresh Pujari discusses with Amit Shah to enhance disaster preparedness in vulnerable coastal regions.

In part that was because of memories of a 1999 Orissa cyclone, which devastated the coastline and left at least 10,000 people dead.

A Study on the Possible Brown Ocean Effect: Impacts of an Antecedent Tropical Cyclone on the Rapid Intensification of the 1999 Odisha Supercyclone ...

And while it will be a while for the real picture of the devastation to emerge, the apprehensions of huge losses akin to the 1999 super cyclone that had hit Odisha in 1999, killing more than ...

Almost 100 people were killed when the strongest cyclone to hit India in five years, named Fani, made landfall in the eastern state of Odisha.

After the devastating 1999 Odisha supercyclone, IMD’s cyclone forecasting capabilities improved substantially. In 1999, approximately 10,000 lives were lost in Odisha.

The 1999 Orissa cyclone, which was similar in strength to Phailin, killed 10,000 people. ___ Associated Press writer Seth Borenstein contributed to this report from Washington.