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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 ...
[15] [16] Southern districts of Odisha were also to receive heavy rainfall due to the cyclone, and the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force were deployed to assist local authorities. [17] Heavy rain and strong winds battered the coastal areas. [18] Persistent rains caused widespread flooding and inundation in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. [19]
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.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Mandous [a] (/ m æ n d ə s /) was the third cyclonic storm, as well as the third most intense tropical cyclone of the 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The remnants of the system later regenerated into Deep Depression ARB 03 in the Arabian Sea. The system struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as South India.
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.
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 .
The 1999 Odisha cyclone (IMD designation BOB 06, [1] JTWC designation 05B [3]) was the most intense recorded tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean and among the most destructive in the region. [ note 1 ] The 1999 Odisha cyclone organized into a tropical depression in the Andaman Sea on 25 October, though its origins could be traced back to ...