Pdf simulation of orissa super cyclone 1999 using psu. The super cyclone had a wind speed of more than 300 kmph. Track of the super cyclonic storm in the bay of bengal that struck orissa on 29 october 1999. Orissa, the super cyclone of 2930 october, 1999 was undoubtedly the most intense one. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Since the orissa super cyclone of 1999, a lot of modernisation has been undertaken. This is the official web portal of government of odisha. Orissa experienced the devastation of the super cyclone.
How lessons learnt from 1999 supercyclone is helping. The storm was stuck up in eastern orissa near bhubaneswar. Orissa has a long history of cyclones, devastation and death toll were very high. Passing south of bangladesh, the 1999 odisha super cyclones northern. Orissa victims recount october 29, 1999 super cyclone. It had some unique features such as rapid intensification, small radius of eyewall confining the large surge close to the point of landfall and relatively long life after landfall. Revisiting the super cyclone that hit odisha in 1999. An application of remote sensing article pdf available april 2018.
On 1718 october 1999, odisha, an indian state was affected by a super cyclone wind velocity of 270300 kmh which killed more than 10,000 people. Mitigation of flooding and cyclone hazard in orissa, india. A rapidlyrotating storm system characterised by spiral arrangement of thunderstorms rains, a lowpressure centre, strong winds, is what is known as a super cyclone. The india meteorological department imd is the nodal agency that issues early warnings for cyclones. Life cycle of this su per cyclonic storm from its genesis to. Maximum sustained surface wind speeds at landfall were estimated at 260 kmh 162 mph, and the minimum central pressure was estimated to be 912 mb hpa. Life and health hazards are incidental to the great stroke of nature.
The 1999 odisha cyclone was the most intense recorded tropical cyclone in the north indian. Pdf mental health consequences of the trauma of super. Orissa super cyclone of october 1999 as revealed by irsp4. The super cyclone in orissa in october 29, 1999, was perhaps the most destructive natural calamity in india in last century. The super cyclone of october 29, 1999 sc1999 appears to have a return period of about 50 years. The cyclones of 1831, 1885 and possibly the one in 1895. Cyclone fani, which reached the eastern coast on friday with a top wind speed of 205 kilometers an hour, was one of the most severe cyclones to hit the region the super cyclone. On 29 october, the cyclone made landfall near the city of bhubaneswar, in the state of orissa, india. Odisha fani cyclone assessment report india reliefweb. The 1999 odisha cyclone organized into a tropical depression in the andaman sea on 25 october, though its origins could be traced back to an area of convection in the sulu sea four days prior. Two decades since the super cyclone hit odisha s coastal belt on october 29, 1999, the state has learnt a lot from the disaster and the process to develop a.
Indian red cross society national headquarters deployed the assessment team to the state of odisha on 8th may for assessing the needs of the extremely severe cyclone. In this study a nonhydrostatic version of penn state university psu nationalcenter for atmospheric research ncar mesoscale model is used to simulate thesuper cyclonic storm that crossed orissa coast on 29 october 1999. While odisha had the first impact of a super cyclone way back on october 712, 1737, another super cyclone crossed the states coast at the false point on september 22, 1885 and took a toll of. Mental health consequences of the trauma of super cyclone 1999 in orissa. Hence the administration was able to take preventive measures to save precious lives and infrastructure. Life cycle of this su per cyclonic storm from its genesis to landfall is studied using irsp4 satellite derived parameters over the oceanic region. Investigating the effects of episodic super cyclone 1999 and phailin 20 on hydrometeorological parameters and agriculture. After landfall, the cyclone was unable to move far inland due to the presence of a subtropical ridge to its north. Pdf investigating the effects of episodic supercyclone.
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