Hurricane Mathew set to strike Jamaica with winds of 155mph

More than 2,000 people have been shifted to shelters in Jamaica as Hurricane Matthew heads toward the island with wind speeds of 155mph. The country is on "high alert" and is preparing for the storm's arrival. The hurricane is currently off the northern coast of Colombia and Venezuela but is forecast to move northwest as per monitors in the US.
Jamaicans are stocking up on supplies of water and other food in case of a disaster.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 1 October 2016.

Winds of this hurricane are gusting up to 155mph (250kph) and has made it one of the most powerful hurricanes in recent years. It had originally been categorized as a category 5 storm - the most powerful - but has weakened slightly as per the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Hurricane Matthew is one of the strongest storms to threaten the Caribbean since Hurricane Felix in 2007 - in that 150 people were killed and damages of $720m had been recorded.
Hurricane Joaquin that hit the region last year was a category 4 storm. It had struck the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Antilles and the Turks and Caicos and had resulted in damages of $120m and had killed 34. In case Matthew does strike Jamaica, it could be the worst to hit the island since Wilma. That had hit as a tropical depression in 2005 and caused $93m in damage.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org


Some more interesting links -

For pandal hoppers during Durga Pujas in Jamshedpur - try the pool bus service

Rejuvenate the lakes of Bengaluru - bring back the birds

Bengal unable to hold on to homegrown start-ups - they end up flourishing in other states


Lord Shiva in the world of deodorants (satire)

Didi off to Rome in search of goodies (satire)

Moody learns about honey traps (satire)


Syrian ceasefire breaks down - airstrike in Aleppo claims at least 45 civilian casualties

Construction begins on the Great Wall Of Calais to keep out illegal migrants

MI6 to recruit 1000 extra people to assist in solving modern day crimes


Tamil film Visaranai is India's official entry for Academy Awards 2017

Tension on the Indo-Pak border has its effect on Bollywood movies

Shah Rukh Khan could make a movie on tennis star Sania Mirza