DURHAM, N.C. – A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests ...

In 2019, Cyclone Fani claimed at least 89 lives and displaced millions in Odisha, another coastal Indian state. In 1999, a super cyclone killed about 10,000 people as it slammed into Odisha.

Cyclones lashing Odisha’s coasts have been severe to very severe in their devastation. The height of cyclonic catastrophe in recent times came with the notorious Super Cyclone of 29 October 1999 ...