As supercyclone Amphan intensifies, Odisha and West Bengal prepare for the strongest storm in the Bay of Bengal since 1999. It is expected to make landfall tomorrow in the states of West Bengal and Orissa. As both states gear up for evacuation of lakhs, the coronavirus pandemic has made it …
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LIVE Monday May 18, 9 a.m. US ET, 6:30 p.m. India, 7 p.m. Bangladesh “Compound risk” sounds technical but is a fact of life in disaster hot spots worldwide in this pandemic year. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting life even as “normal” disasters loom, there’s an urgent need for scientists, …
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