Fifteen sailors were on Thursday rescued and a search was on for six other missing crew who were on board an oil tanker that drifted and ran aground off the city coast in high velocity winds before th

With weathermen sounding the warning bell that cyclone Nilam is likely to move towards the North-West from North Tamil Nadu and across South Coastal Andhra Pradesh by Wednesday evening, the entire coa

Cyclone ‘Nilam’ crossed Chennai on Wednesday and makes landfall at Mahabalipuram, south of Chennai at about 4.30 pm. No major damage reported in Chennai.

The Met office advised total suspension of fi

Cyclone Nilam crossed the Tamil Nadu coast north of Chennai on Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram and Kalpakkam with strong winds battering the area, said an official of the India Meteorological D

While Cyclone Nilam is expected to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, strong winds have made the ship Pratibha Cauvery run aground here, a senior port official said.

Speaking to I

Operations are on to rescue 15 crew members of ship Pratibha Cauvery that ran aground here as cyclone Nilam hit Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday afternoon, said an official, even as a person died in the

Cyclone Nilam packing heavy rain and winds up to 90 kmph is expected to cross the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Nellore by Wednesday evening.

The Met department has warned of rain in the

South coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh were put on alert on Monday as a deep depression took shape over southwest Bay of Bengal. Weather officials warned that the depression would intensify into a

With the meteorological department issuing a warning of cyclonic storm, schools and colleges in Chennai are remained closed on Tuesday.

The depression off the coast in Bay of Bengal intensified on

Agni is not only an Indian missile and Bijli is not only a firecracker. These are also names of cyclones which have hit the Indian Oce­an in the past. Some other Indian names given to tropical cyclone