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Cyclone Phailin — Took a similar path and made a devastating landfall in Odisha, becoming the strongest cyclone to hit the state since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. Cyclone Amphan — A powerful storm that impacted the state of West Bengal in same month in 2020. Cyclone Tauktae — A severe storm that devastated Gujarat and Maharashtra in the same ...
Officials from Odisha's state government said that around 12 million people may be affected. The cyclone prompted India's biggest evacuation in 23 years with more than 550,000 people moved up from the coastline in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to safer places. [3] Total losses were estimated at ₹260 billion (US$4.26 billion) from the storm.
The most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall was the 1999 Odisha Cyclone which hit the state of Odisha. Its minimum pressure was 912 mbar (26.93 inHg) and maximum wind speed was 260 km/h (160 mph). [72] The costliest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Amphan of 2020 which hit the state of Odisha and West Bengal.
Damage to the power grid reached ₹3.2 billion (US$42 million). Four people died in Odisha, two from collapsed objects, one due to drowning, and one from head trauma. Across the ten affected districts in Odisha, 4.4 million people were impacted in some way by the cyclone. At least 500 homes were destroyed and a further 15,000 were damaged.
The 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It was above-average in terms of depressions and average in terms of formation of cyclonic storms. [1] Seasons have no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with the peak from May to Early November.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana [a] (/ ˈ d ɑː n ə /) was a strong tropical cyclone which affected the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India. [2] The third cyclonic storm and second severe cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Dana formed from a low pressure area that the Indian Meteorological Department first monitored on October 20.
The 2022 Odisha floods were a series of floods in Odisha, which lasted from 14 August 2022 to 7 September 2022. [ 1 ] The main causes for the floods were the extensive rains which were started from the 3rd week of August 2022, because of the formation of 3 depression systems over the Bay of Bengal in that month and the Monsoon rains .
Cyclone Amphan (2020) — For more information about Cyclone Amphan; Effects of the 2020 North Indian cyclone season in India; Cyclone Sidr (2007) — A storm that had a similar intensity, took a similar track and devastated similar areas. 1999 Odisha Cyclone — A storm that became the most intense tropical cyclone in the basin.