Cyclone Fani Live: Death toll in Odisha rises 16
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 04, 2019, 22:52:20 IST

Cyclone Fani Live: Death toll in Odisha rises 16

Cyclone Fani, which hit Odisha on Friday, entered Kolkata’s neighbourhood via Kharagpur with a wind speed of up to 80kmph. It will exit Bengal through Nadia and Murshidabad on Saturday afternoon and sail towards Bangladesh. Stay with TOI for live updatesRead Less

22:48 (IST) May 04

Cyclone Fani death toll rises to 16, massive restoration work mounted, reports PTI.

22:43 (IST) May 04

Trains originating from Bhubaneswar will start normally from Sunday, no train to Puri till May 10, says East Coast Railway.

21:34 (IST) May 04

IAF sends 3 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to Bhubaneswar from Hindan Air Base for humanitarian aid and disaster relief, reports ANI.

21:32 (IST) May 04

East Coast Railway will restore 14 passenger train services from May 5, reports ANI.

21:06 (IST) May 04

An image of the Bhubaneswar airport today. (Picture courtesy: Airports Authority of India)

An image of the Bhubaneswar airport today. (Picture courtesy: Airports Authority of India)
20:49 (IST) May 04

Cyclone Fani to 'weaken further' in next 6 hours, lay centred over Bangladesh: IMD

20:34 (IST) May 04

North Eastern states to be under orange and yellow alert till May 5: IMD

20:23 (IST) May 04

Railways to resume all train services from Bhubaneshwar on Sunday, reports PTI.

19:48 (IST) May 04

Hours after the severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' left Andhra Pradesh, a massive heat wave swept across the state, taking temperatures to over 45 degrees Celsius, reports PTI.

19:32 (IST) May 04

Visuals from Tarikund in Jagatsinghpur in Odisha.

18:52 (IST) May 04

Indian Coast Guard's disaster relief team distribute food packets in Odisha's Dhankia village.

18:42 (IST) May 04

Navy Chief-designate Vice Admiral Karambir Singh visited INS Chilka naval base in Odisha to review the situation after Cyclone Fani hit the state.

18:13 (IST) May 04

Indian Coast Guard deploys ships, helicopter in search-and-rescue operations in Odisha, reports PTI.

18:03 (IST) May 04

Cyclone Fani uproots 10,000 coconut trees in Andhra Pradesh, causing damage to the tune of Rs 58.61 crore, reports PTI.

"As many as 2.74 lakh people in 145 coastal villages in Srikakulam district were affected by Fani but there has been no casualty. We have opened 139 relief camps in the district where 15,460 persons were being sheltered. In Vizianagaram, 2,000 people were shifted to 15 relief camps," the Chief Secretary said. Read more

17:41 (IST) May 04

Flight operations resume at Kolkata and Bhubaneswar airports

17:38 (IST) May 04

Relief work undertaken by NDRF in Bhubaneswar.

17:11 (IST) May 04

MeT analysis suggests widespread rainfall activity across North-Eastern states on May 4: IMD

17:05 (IST) May 04

79 flights cancelled by Airports Authority of India in northeast, reports IANS.

An AAI official said that a total of 59 flights had been cancelled at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here including inbound and out-bound flights of Indigo, Spice Jet, Air India, Alliance Air and GoAir. Read more

17:01 (IST) May 04

AAI and Indian Railways make necessary arrangements in view of Cyclone Fani, reports ANI.

16:55 (IST) May 04

Alliance Air's flight 9I 727 becomes the first flight to land safely in Bhubaneshwar airport with 7 passengers on board.

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