The severity of the Super Cyclone of 29 October, 1999 was devastating. The cyclone was so severe that it took the lives of more than 50,000 people and 10 lakh domestic animals. It was also a deadly storm. That’s a lesson which other state governments need to learn too. During the super cyclone in 1999, where about 10,000 people were killed, the parents had named their babies after the name of the calamity. In 2001, Orissa's worst monsoon floods in 50 years killed nearly 100 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses. Cyclone Fani will be the fourth storm to hit the country's east coast in the last three decades. The Orissa cyclone in the year of 1999 was the strongest storm to hit the Indian coast and also the strongest tropical cyclones that affected India, Here is the list of strong tropical cyclones that affected India. It may be in the form of Odisha Super Cyclone (1999), Gujarat Earthquake (2001), Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004), Maharashtra Drought (2013) and Uttarakhand Flash Floods (2013). A succession of severe natural disasters has wreaked havoc in the poverty-ridden state of Orissa. It is the first super cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal after the Odisha cyclone in 1999. A massive cyclone has swept through the state of Orissa in eastern India, killing an unknown number of people and leaving thousands more homeless. On October 29, 1999, a super cyclone with a wind speed of 300 mph had struck Odisha, making it probably the greatest cyclonic disaster ever recorded in the last century. The landfall point was between Ersama and Balikuda of Jagatsinghpur district. The cyclone battered the coastal districts for more than eight hours. “The full extent of the havoc caused by the cyclone in Orissa will not be known for some time, but what is already evident is the total unpreparedness of both the state and central governments for the disaster,” Hindustan Times said in an editorial. De 1999 Odisha cycloon georganiseerd in een tropische depressie in de Andaman Zee op 25 oktober, maar de oorsprong ervan kan worden terug naar een gebied van getraceerd convectie in de Sulu Zee vier … Initially, the extent of damage was difficult to ascertain, with the cyclone tearing down bridges and making roads and railways impassable. A super cyclone hit Orissa coast during 24-31 Oct. 1999 causing vast damage to property and life. Cyclone Phailin was second strongest tropical cyclone in India since the 1999 Odisha cyclone, resulted heavy rainfall in Odisha,Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand as well as other Indian states. The 1999 cyclone was the strongest, most destructive cyclone recorded in the region. Tens of thousands of people were left stranded, the water around them contaminated and awash with corpses. “Anything would have been better than the way we are living now.”. 1999: Super-cyclone wreaks havoc in India. Unconfirmed reports say the flooding stretches as much as nine miles inland. For that was the most devastating of cyclones registered in the collective memory of the people of the state. A tropical depression formed over the Malay Peninsula on October 25. The area continues to be at high risk from flooding and other storms. Last year it was hit by one Fani – caused huge damage. TWO IMPORTANT EXAMPLES 1999 SUPER CYCLONE PHAILIN 2013 3. Life cycle of this su­ per cyclonic storm from its genesis to landfall is studied using IRS-P4 satellite derived parameters over the oceanic region. Cyclone Amphan, moving at a speed of 220 to 230 kilometers (137-143 miles) per hour, is forecast to be the worst storm over the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 super cyclone that hit Odisha. It is considered as the deadliest cyclone causing around 3-5 lakh deaths. Many of those affected were still living in temporary shelter after the 1999 cyclone. Amphan is the first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. 1999 Super Cyclone. 1999: Super-cyclone wreaks havoc in India A massive cyclone has swept through the state of Orissa in eastern India, killing an unknown number of people and leaving thousands more homeless. While 2019 was a marked change. The cyclone results in heavy rainfall in Odisha… Puri, Kendrapara, Khurda and Jagatsinghpur were among the districts worst affected by the cyclone, which was the second storm in a fortnight; the one on October 17, 1999 had struck Ganjam district and left at least 150 people dead in the state. 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