Fani intensified into a cyclone on 27th April 2019. On 3rd May, it took the form of a very severe Tropical Cyclone (Category 4), with an estimated maximum sustained surface wind speed of 175-185 km/h gusting to 210 km/h crossing Odisha coast. While the cyclone made a landfall at Puri at 8:12 am on the 3rd of May, the storm crossed Bhubaneswar four hours later at around 12:10 pm.

Current Situation

This publication is an attempt to capture some of the best practices and case studies from disaster management initiatives undertaken by different civil society organizations working in DRR in Odisha. It presents varied innovative strategies and processes adopted by national and international organizations which has led to encouraging results. The best practices have not been graded or assessed by any third party but have been acknowledged so by the implementing organizations themselves.

The definition of disaster is now all encompassing, which includes not only the events emanating from natural and man-made causes, but even those events which are caused by accident or negligence. There was a long felt need to capture information about all such events occurring across the sectors and efforts made to mitigate them in the country and to collate them at one place in a global perspective. This book has been an effort towards realising this thought.

Current Situation

Information on Depression over East Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood: As on 14th October 2014, 12.30 PM

The Depression over south Chhattisgarh & neighborhood has moved north-northeastwards and lay centered at 0830 hours IST of 14th October 2014 over East Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood about 80 km Southwest of Varanasi. It would move Northeastwards and weaken into a Well-Marked Low Pressure area during next 12 hours.

Forecast : Rain/Thundershower would occur at one or two places over Odisha during next 24hours.