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Death & Disaster: The Orissa Cyclone & Its Aftermath

December 17
•Orphaned by the cyclone, spurned by prejudice

December 16
•When devastation struck Erasama

December 15
•NHRC asks Orissa to take relief measures

December 12
•Unnatural Disasters

December 09
• Erasama overshadows other cyclone-hit districts

December 04
• Chilka lake faces a new danger: a restaurant
• Orissa's Sorrow
• 'This is the time to take corrective measures'

December 03
• Maharashtra to build hi-tech villages in Orissa
• A village for homeless children in Orissa
• Orissa govt leaves cyclone survivors out in the cold

December 02
• Gwalior to adopt storm orphans • Orissa assembly session put off due to crisis

December 01
• Relief distribution ends in shootout in Cuttack

November 30
• Storm brewing in Orissa Congress
• HC serves notices on Centre, Orissa over storm relief
• Govt ready for debate on Orissa storm

November 28
• Cyclone has pushed Orissa's agricultural economy at least a decade back

November 27
• Lead, kindly light

November 26
• Relief turns into farce as supplies pile up in Bhubaneswar
• Nobody has time for primary schools in Orissa

November 25
• Disaster management: shutting the stable after the horses have bolted
• Miasma in Erasama

November 21
• Paradip: life after the storm
• UNICEF to help with Orissa's rehab in a big way

November 20
• Gladys Staines to build leprosy hospital
• Orissa storm may have claimed 20,000 lives
• Ersama to Paradip: A journey through death and destruction

November 19
• A safe seat for Naidu? How about Cuttak?
• Villagers begin rebuilding their lives in Orissa

November 18
• Distribution of relief material poses problems

November 17
• Ersama: abode of the living dead
• Depleted mangrove cover makes Orissa coast vulnerable to killer storms

November 16
• Rajendran sworn in as Orissa governor
• Cyclone batters lives in Orissa

November 14
• Sonia to visit Orissa again on November 17
• Hungry elephants on the rampage in Orissa

November 13
• Decomposed bodies pose health risk
• Orissa toll rises to 7,656

November 12
• Temples escape damage in super cyclone

November 9
• Ammonia leak causes exodus from Paradip
• Cholera, gastroenteritis ravage Orissa

November 8
• Declare cyclone national calamity: Orissa all party meeting

November 7
• Of ghost towns and famished folks fighting for food

November 6
• Orissa toll crosses 1,300 as relief work picks up
• Army warns of the outbreak of epidemics
• More 'will die' if relief fails to reach them
• Where are the animals?
• 'Social factors responsible for destruction caused by natural disasters'

November 5
• Gamang asks for another central team
• 'Bhubaneswar will never be the same again'
• Army help necessary to clear bodies: Patnaik

November 4
• Survivors yet to come to terms with loss
• 'It was the curse of God'
• Cuttack in the grip of epidemic, collector sends SOS
• Now, a deluge of aid

November 3
• UN sending team to coordinate relief
• Flash floods cut off Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada
• 'We never imagined this storm would wreak such havoc'
• Toll in Orissa may even cross 10,000

November 2
• 5,000 feared killed in Orissa
• Storm weakens, but it's still raining heavily
• Centre to seek foreign aid for cyclone victims

November 1
• Rescue and relief work begins in devastated Orissa

October 31
• Thousands feared killed, 15 million people marooned
• Army, navy tackle relief on war footing
• Cyclone caused 'very heavy' damage

October 30
• Hundreds feared killed as super cyclone devastates Orissa coast

October 29
• Another cyclone to storm Orissa

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