write a report on a cyclone recently occurred in your district.
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Appeal no. 28/99 - Period covered: 1 March to 5 April 2000
Projects constituting the third, rehabilitation, phase of the operation -- agricultural support, reconstruction, well rehabilitation and food for the extremely vulnerable -- are getting under way, but the food distributions, must contend with outbreaks of hostility from the rest of the community, fired by the widespread and increasing food shortages in the area. Red Cross, UN, NGOs and government agencies operational in the stricken areas of Orissa are closely monitoring developments.
The context
A violent cyclone hit India’s eastern coast on 29 October 1999. Winds of up to 260 kph (155 mph) lasting for over 36 hours, caused a 7 metre tidal wave which swept more than 20 km inland and brought massive destruction and death to coastal districts in the State of Orissa.
According to the Government of Orissa, more than 10 million people in 12 coastal belt districts were affected by the cyclone. At least 10,000 people died in the disaster, while tens of thousands of families from the worst affected coastal districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Ganjam were forced to evacuate their homes, or saw them washed away.