Social and Economic effect of recent cyclone arrived at Indian eastern coast.
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Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically West Bengal, and also Bangladesh in May 2020. It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West Bengal since 1582, after 1737, 1833 and 1942, as well as being one of the strongest storm to impact the area and also being the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean.
Social and Economic Impact:
Amphan made landfall near Bakkhali in West Bengal at 2:30 p.m. IST on 20 May, buffeting the region with strong winds and heavy rains. West Bengal, the epicenter of the cyclone's landfall, saw the most widespread damage from Amphan. The storm was considered the strongest to hit the region in over a decade. At least 86 people died in West Bengal; most of the fatalities were due to electrocution or the collapse of homes.[101] The state government estimated that the storm caused at least ₹1.02 trillion (US$13.5 billion) in damage and directly affected 70 percent of the state's population.
The cyclone produced sustained winds of 112 km/h and gusts to 190 km/h, which were recorded by the Alipore observatory, Kolkata, West Bengal, damaging homes and uprooting trees and electric poles. The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport recorded wind speeds up to 133 km/h. This overturned vehicles and snapped approximately 10,000 trees. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation stated that Amphan toppled over 4,000 electric poles, leaving much of the city without power for over 14 hours. At least 19 people were killed in Kolkata. The storm also triggered widespread flooding around the city recording about 236 mm of rain in Kolkata.
In North 24 Parganas, 2 people were killed and up to 5,500 homes were damaged. Thousands of mud homes were damaged in the neighboring Hooghly district. A million homes were damaged in South 24 Parganas and breached embankments led to the flooding of villages and swaths of cropland. About 26,000 homes were destroyed in Gosaba. Across West Bengal, 217,000 acres of rice paddies and 500,000 acres of vegetable and sesame crops were damaged. Neighboring Odisha saw significant effects, with wind speed reaching 106 km/h and rainfall up to 300 mm. Approximately 1,167 km of power lines of varying voltages, 126,540 transformers, and 448 electrical substations were affected, leaving 3.4 million without power. Damage to the power grid reached ₹3.2 billion. 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. Nearly 4,000 livestock, primarily poultry, died.
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Cyclones are one of the major natural calamities that occur in India. Recent cyclone has been 'Tauktae'.
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- .Cyclone Tauktae hit the shores of Gujarat on 14th May 2021 and continued for almost 3 days.
- . It was the fifth most powerful cyclone in the history of Arabian sea.
- . More than 100 people had lost their life due to cyclone.
- . It almost destructed the shores and had serious effects on the shores of Gujarat region.
- . It had an enormous speed of 190km per hour and almost destructed the lives of Gujarat.
- . It had serious effects on the health sector as the vaccination drive was occurring.
- . It disrupted the human life and created chaos, and had economic impacts too.
- . Economic impact occurred mainly because as agriculture sector was seriously affected due to cyclone.
- . The communication system has been disrupted and it affected the evacuation process.
- . Citizen were panicked and it impacted the mental health of citizen as well.
- . If proper measures like cyclone risk assessment system has been taken the impact could have been lessened.
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