Cyclone Hudhud formed on 7th October
over the Indian Ocean. It was a Category 4 on the
Saffir-Simpson Scale and was the most destructive cyclone to affect India
since Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
The highest wind speed recorded was 215 km/h (130
mph) and the lowest pressure recorded was 950 mbar.
109 people were killed in total, of which 46 were
in Andhra Pradesh and 43 in Nepal.
Nearly $11 billion US worth of damage was caused. In preparedness over 700,000 people, which included 500,000
people in Andhra Pradesh were evacuated into temporary shelters. Trains
and ferry services were also cancelled and schools were closed. This action alone saved the lives of many.
The cyclone caused devastation;
villages were inundated in flood water, landslides were triggered by the heavy
rainfall causing further damage, infrastructure including roads, power and
communication poles were damaged, vehicles were damaged and trees were uprooted
causing obstructions to roads. The roof of a terminal building at Visakhapatnam Airport was damaged, along with the runway which was
inundated by flood water. Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Andhra Pradesh, Nepal,
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were all affected.
Hudhud
travelled towards Nepal where it caused a further 43 fatalities due to avalanches,
before dissipating on 14 October.
Source: Nasa
Source: Nasa
Source: NASA
Source: NASA
Source: NASA
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