On October 29, 1999, a super cyclone with a wind speed of 300 mph ... submerged in flood waters 31 October 1999 near Balasore in Orissa, as river water flooded her village among thousands of ...

As the BBC reminds us, "A deadly super-cyclone in 1999 killed more than 10,000 people in Orissa." Phailin is being described as the most powerful cyclone to threaten India since that storm 14 ...

The storm appears to be the most severe since the ‘Great Orissa Cyclone of 1999’ (Orissa State in northeastern India is now known as Odisha State). This cyclone killed 9,000-10,000 people when ...

In Paradip, the Orissa port city hammered in a 1999 cyclone, at least seven ships were put to sea to ride out the storm, with other boats shifted to safer parts of the harbor, officials said.

But officials took few chances with Phailin, especially given memories of a 1999 Orissa cyclone that devastated the coastline and left at least 10,000 people dead. Nearly 1 million people were ...

Ratnamani lost her husband in the October 29, 1999 super cyclone. Even though 11 years have passed since the deadly disaster struck Orissa, the tragedy still haunts lakhs of people in the 14 ...

including a 1999 cyclone that also hit Orissa and killed 10,000 people. Officials said early reports of deaths from Phailin won’t become clear until after daybreak Sunday. In Behrampur ...

The official death toll in the 1999 Orissa super-cyclone was put at 10,000. But I really don't think an accurate head count was possible. We did another special report on why there were not ...

But officials took few chances with Phailin, especially given memories of a 1999 Orissa cyclone that devastated the coastline and left at least 10,000 people dead. Nearly 1 million people were ...

India has satellite-based cyclone warning systems along its coastline to warn ... But the disaster warning system did not help when the supercyclone struck Orissa in 1999. A day before the ...