Cyclone Hudhud SAINATH KANDI BANDA 2018B2A40535H

Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud was a strong tropical cyclone.

• Cyclone hudhud was originated from the low pressures of Andaman Sea which formed due
to upper air cyclonic circulation storm October on 8th.
• On October 8,The IMD reported that the deep depression made its first landfall over Long
Island, Andaman, and had reached cyclonic storm intensity, naming it Hudhud after getting
the information from the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre(JTWC) which was reported earlier.
• Hudhud was intensified into a cyclonic storm on oct 8th and lead to a severe cyclonic storm
on oct 9th and later, IMD(India Meteorological Department),characterised this to be a very
severe cyclonic storm.
• On October 10, the JTWC classified this storm to come under 1st Category of tropical
cyclone after it formed a microwave eye feature and was located in an environment
favourable for further intensification with moderate wind shear.
• The IMD had told to this cyclone Hudhud that it leads to a very severe cyclonic storm later
the same day, and the JTWC further upgraded the storm to a 2nd category of tropical
cyclone.
• This cyclone underwent on to a rapid deepening before landfall on the following days in
Andhra Pradesh as well as in Odisha.
• As per initial reports from Andhra state, 3 people were killed due to heavy rainfall
accompanied by strong winds in coastal areas of Visakhapatnam.

• The above picture is the beginning of upper circulation cyclonic storms coming from the
Andaman sea.
• This cyclone had severed the radar link of Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre with a
very less time after hitting coastal regions.
 • Later on October 12th,Cyclone came with a speed of minimum 185 km/h and to a maximum
of 260km/h and a minimum central pressure of 960mbar as average atmospheric pressure
of 1010mbar at sea level.

Precautions taken:
• This intended to get feared a storm surge of up to two metres in low-lying areas and also
nearly 5,14,725 people had been evacuated to a relief centres in both the states.
• On 10th October, In Total, 436 villages across 64 mandals in the five districts had been
identified as exposed to the threat of cyclone. The government had identified 370 relief
camps for the evacuated people in vijayanagaram and Srikakulam districts.
• The NDRF had sent around 42 teams comprising more than 2000 rescuers before hitting in
Visakhapatnam.
• While opening waters, the depression continued to encounter a favourable environment,
and a tropical cyclone formation alert (TCFA) was also issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning
Centre (JTWC) and was followed by IMD.
• On October 8,In Andaman and Nicobar islands authorities closed schools and cancelled
ferry services in and around the Andaman Islands and also Fisherman were warned about
this storm.
• The Andaman Trunk Road ,as one the major roads traversing these islands, were shut down
on seeing after trees were uprooted due to the storm's force.
• Landslides were also reported in advance on the island, causing some power and
communication lines to fail.
• Crops including paddy, groundnut, sugarcane, and pulses had told to stop to harvesting
which were to be harvested by govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
• Visakhapatnam airport had been closed and runways stopped and trains are stopped
coming to vizag .
• Odisha Government of Disha also dispatched a 30 teams from OSDMA for help in relief and
rescue to all the 16 districts.
• Also India vs West indies 3rd International ODI had postponed which were to be held on 14th
October due to the cyclone in Visakhapatnam.

Damages:
• The system then drifted northwards towards Uttar Pradesh and Nepal, causing widespread
rains in both areas and heavy snowfall in the latter.
• Hudhud caused great damage to Visakhapatnam and the neighbouring districts of
Vizianagaram and Srikakulam of Andhra Pradesh.
• The strength of the winds damaged total telecommunication lines and also damaged the
radar.
• The winds and heavy rains have brought down trees, damaged crops and buildings in
Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
• Damages were estimated to be 21900 cr by the Andhra state government and industrial
damage was estimated to be 6136 cr.
• As government taken precautions to people but they got more damage happened to the
agriculture sector, resulting in crop loss of Rs 948 crore in 2.38 lakh hectares. The
horticulture sector was also the worst hit with the loss estimated at Rs 1339.2 crore.
 • At least 124 deaths had been confirmed from both states but only from Visakhapatnam 61
people had died due to the cyclone.
• Many vehicles parked which were on roads, damaged while heavy rains flooded to a few
colonies.
• The Visakhapatnam Airport runways was flooded and the radar and navigational aids were
destroyed. The roof of those terminals were torn apart due to the speed of the cyclone.
• During the cyclone ,Visakhapatnam disaster management which was became a standard
ration procedure because as kashimkota village in vizag which was very famous for robust
food distribution system.
• And also in Nepal, experienced Mount Dhaulagiri avalanche breakdown caused many
people to die due to the cyclone
• In Nepal ,This avalanche and heavy snowfall killed a min. of 43 hikers and guides.
• This cyclone also effected by Uttar Pradesh state as 16 people were killed.

Developmental technics:
• One of the major developmental tasks that the government must instantaneously begin
working on is making underground power lines and phone cables. This would not only aid
for communication during natural disasters but also lead to lesser damages.
• Near the coasts, where digging the ground is not feasible, storm proof electricity poles
having gaps between them to let the wind pass should be erected.
• All construction activities should be immediately halted and industrial grade cranes and lifts
must be brought back to the ground before any cyclone strikes.
• The authorities were simply overwhelmed by the amount of people who were sending
requests for help and evacuation. Hence, help from other states should always be
welcomed.
• Citizen participation and support is highly crucial since they can help in saving more lives. It
is high time that disaster risk reduction must be mainstreamed into all infrastructure and
tourism projects.
• Youths must be educated and trained on how to deal with situations for search and rescue,
providing cyclone warnings and medical attention to the needy ones.
• The government should have also focused more on building long term plans not only on
people to evacuate.
• The output of efforts put forward by the authorities would have been significantly higher if
a set paradigm put forward by National Disaster Development Authority (NDMA) were
followed strictly.
• People have to get more awareness on how to deal with these incidents by keeping a
course like our developmental studies in all the places which are towards coastal regions
not only these two states.
• In Visakhapatnam ,Kailasagiri village which was devastated by cyclone Hudhud in 2014, is
set to witness rapid development as the World Bank has agreed to sanction the loan for
the proposals submitted for restoration and redevelopment of 380 acres of Kailasagiri
Hilltop Park under the Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project and also sanctioning
loans to fisherman and people who were affected by the cyclone to be given to
recover.by this way we can reduce the losses faced by the affected people.
• Finally, our honourable PM Narendra Modi had stated that to be given 1000cr as relief
fund to aid for affected areas in Andhra Pradesh.