DHAKA:  A baby boy who was born in a Bangladeshi storm shelter was named after an impending cyclone by villagers who hoped the gesture would protect them from the storm’s wrath, an official said Friday. Village elders named the youngster Mahasen after he was born early on Thursday ...

CHITTAGONG - A cyclone slammed into the Bangladesh coast on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of a million people, but fears of devastating damage eased when the storm weakened as it moved over land.Authorities breathed a sigh of relief after Cyclone Mahasen, which was packing winds of 100 ...

SITTWE, Myanmar : Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Myanmar were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as a cyclone bore down on coastal areas home to flood-prone refugee camps for victims of sectarian unrest. The United Nations has warned that more than eight million people could be at ...

ANTANANARIVO - Tropical cyclone Haruna and rains that lashed the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar killed 10 people and affected nearly 3,000 this week, the disaster management agency said. The cyclone struck on Friday morning in the southwest region and left the island 24 hours later, having ...

Heavy rains and winds unleashed by a cyclone over India's southeastern coast killed at least 42 people and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said Saturday. Cyclone Thane struck Tamil Nadu state and the territory of Puducherry on Friday before weakening overnight, the India ...