Once upon a time... During Cyclone Nargis, while working with an NGO, organizations had to work in clusters according to their respective operational themes. At that time, there were teams ...

Just hours after the quake, the ruling junta declared a state of emergency in some quake-hit cities and issued a plea for international aid — a move that represents a stark contrast to the aftermath ...

The biggest obstacle to the election will not be damage from the disaster but rather the fraught political position that ...

What area are tornadoes most common in? Where are hurricanes most likely to occur? What was the worst hurricane in history? What was the deadliest tornado ever recorded? These are some of the most ...

2008 cyclone was a tipping point; now, BIMSTEC should convey some home truths to the junta The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in ...

Tropical cyclone approaching the US. Image by MikeMareen via Depositphotos. In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis inflicted severe destruction on Myanmar, particularly in the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta. The ...

A University of Oklahoma student plotted every U.S. hurricane landfall since 1851, totaling 307. The mid-Atlantic region, particularly around Washington D.C., has seen very few direct hurricane ...

Priya Dutt recounts the devastating impact of Nargis's death on her family, particularly her father, Sunil Dutt, who was inconsolable and visited her grave at all hours. The loss deeply affected ...

Nargis was known as one of the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema. Her range of genres was from screwball comedy to drama. Nargis’ role in the Oscar-nominated epic ...

That year, Cyclone Nargis descended on the nation’s coast and took the lives of at least 100,000 people as the regime played down the storm’s severity. Myanmar at the time was ruled by another ...