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Disaster 2013: Cyclone Phailin’s Impacts on Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India India’s strongest storm in more than a decade left a trail of destruction along the country’s east coast over the weekend. In advance of the cyclone, close to a million people were evacuated, saving many lives. posted on October 13, 2013 at 7:39pm EDT India got it right this time; advanced warnings and evacuations saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Satellite image of Cyclone Phailin approaching Odisha. (Courtesy: Indian Met Dept.)

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Disaster 2013:

Cyclone Phailin’s Impacts on Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India

India’s strongest storm in more than a decade left a trail of destruction along the country’s

east coast over the weekend. In advance of the cyclone, close to a million people were

evacuated, saving many lives. posted on October 13, 2013 at 7:39pm EDT India got it right

this time; advanced warnings and evacuations saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

Satellite image of Cyclone Phailin approaching Odisha. (Courtesy: Indian Met Dept.)

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A man cycles through a field submerged in water after Cyclone Phailin hit Brahmapur town

in Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 13, 2013.

After making landfall Saturday from the Bay of Bengal with sustained winds of up 131 miles

per hour, Cyclone Phailin destroyed agriculture fields, turned over trucks, and downed

communication lines, but authorities said they knew of only 17 fatalities. The final death toll

is expected to climb as officials reach areas of the east coast that remain isolated, but the

evacuation of about a million people seems to have saved many lives.

Because of it’s warm waters, the Indian Ocean produces many cyclones, including 27 of the

35 deadliest storms in recorded history that have come through the Bay of Bengal and landed

in either India or Bangladesh. In 1999, a cyclone struck Orissa, roughly the same place as

where Cyclone Phailin hit, killing more than 10,000 people.

India’s response to Cyclone Phalin’s shows a significant change, which is due in large part to

vastly improved communications throughout the country. Nearly a billion people routinely

use mobile phones in India, up from fewer than 40 million in the early 2000s,. Also India’s

news media market is saturated with 24-hour news channels that have coverage of the storm,

and most communities now have televisions.

Important Features of Phalin :

# It is classified as a Severe Cyclonic Storm. The India Meteorological Department's (IMD),

latest bulletin says it originated over east central Bay of Bengal and has now intensified as it

moved Northwestwards 800km southeast of Paradip, and 870 km east-southeast of

Visakhapatnam.

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# Originated from an area of low pressure over the Andaman Sea, Cyclone Phailin would

move close to Gopalpur (Odisha) by evening of 12th October with a maximum sustained

wind speed of 175-185 kmph, the IMD said.

# Under the influence of this system, coastal Odisha should expect heavy, very heavy and

isolated areas of extremely heavy rainfall starting saturday morning.

# The storm will continue and extend to interior Odisha and coastal areas of Gangetic West

Bengal from Sunday morning.

# Heavy to very heavy rainfall would also occur at a few places over the north coast of

Andhra Pradesh commencing from Saturday, October 12. Very heavy rainfall would occur

over coastal areas of West Bengal from Sunday, October 13.

# Cyclone Phailin would intensify with maximum sustained wind speed reaching 175-185

kmph along and off coastal districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha.

# State of Sea along and off Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coast will be rough to very

rough from Friday morning.

# Extensive damage is expected to kutcha houses and agricultural crops. The cyclone would

also lead to partial disruption of power and communication lines.

# Minor disruption of rail and road traffic along with potential threat from flying debris is

also expected.

(Source :PTI and Indian Metrological Department )

Men cover their faces against strong winds after Cyclone Phailin hit Gopalpur village in

Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 13, 2013.

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Boats are submerged in sand after Cyclone Phailin hit Gopalpur village in Ganjam district in

the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 13, 2013.

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A man rides his motorbike past an overturned vehicle after Cyclone Phailin hit Gopalpur in

Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 13, 2013.

People carry their belongings outside a partially damaged house after Cyclone Phailin hit

Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 13, 2013.

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