Monday, November 1, 1999
Day 2 -- Orissa still marooned
Two days after a devastating cyclone ripped through Orissa, heavy rains, roads blocked by uprooted trees and rivers with no bridges prevented rescue operators from reaching the people marooned in an island of darkness and gloom.
State Ministers get portfolios, six axed
The State Government has finally taken shape, ending a fortnight of uncertainty. After nearly three weeks of bickering on the size of the jumbo 61-member Cabinet, ministers were given their portfolios.
Cyclone off the East Coast, run, run, run...
When Hurricane Floyd came calling on the Eastern US seaboard last month, an estimated 2 million people fled the coast and drove inland amid hysteria and hilarity in equal measure.
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