Discovery documentary on cyclone Fani to be aired on June 20

Bhubaneswar, Jun 17 (PTI) The Discovery Channel has
made a two-part documentary on cyclone Fani that stuck Odisha
in May last year, killing 89 people.
The programme ‘Listen to the sea’ will showcase the
critical 48 hours before landfall of the severe cyclonic
storm, a statement issued by the channel said.
The documentary will be aired on Discovery and
Discovery HD at 9 pm on June 20 and will stream on Discovery
Plus mobile application on June 23, it said.
“This is not a documentary about a cyclone that
threatened to ravage a state. It is a story of human will and
what it can do in the face of abject disaster,” Megha Tata,
Managing Director of Discovery, South Asia, said.
“We cannot control natural disasters and catastrophes
but after the devastation caused by the super cyclone in 1999,
our aim was to make sure that as much as possible no human
life should be lost henceforth in such disasters.
“In a state which has almost 500 kilometres of
coastline, one should listen to the sea,” Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik was quoted as saying by the channel.
While property, especially critical infrastructure
like power, telecom, roads both national highways, state
highways and rural roads — were severely damaged, Indian
Meteorological Department’s pinpoint accuracy in predicting
the time, path and severity of the cyclone helped immensely in
saving lives, the channel said.
“#CycloneFani was a test of our preparedness. The
indefatigable spirit of #Odisha was at display when the state,
frequently visited by natural disasters, evacuated more than a
million persons within 48 hours to save them from ferocious