MRUTYUNJAY MOHAPATRA WAS six when his father came running into the house, yelling at the top of his voice, “The storm is coming!” They were residents of a village not far from Dhamra in Bhadrak district, Odisha and, 50 years later, he still remembers that morning as though it were yesterday. His father’s warning saved … Continue reading The Inside Story of the India Meteorological Department’s Success in Predicting Extreme Weather
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Meet the forester whose video of dancing in the rain went viral
Exclusive interview with 33-year-old Snehalata Dhal of Odisha’s Simlipal National Park Snehalata Dhal WHEN her assistant Lal Mohan took a 23-second video of her dancing uninhibitedly and appealing euphorically to the rain gods to not go away before dousing the forest fires, Snehalata Dhal, a young forester at Pithabata range in Simlipal National Park in … Continue reading Meet the forester whose video of dancing in the rain went viral
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