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Super Cyclone
Amphan

 Made By Aarush Kavindra Singh

 Class IX Ramanujan
Definition of Man Made
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Disaster
 Man-made disasters have an element
of human intent, negligence, or error
involving a failure of a man-made
system, as opposed to natural
disasters resulting from natural
hazards. Such man-made disasters
are crime, arson, civil disorder,
terrorism, war, biological/chemical
threat, cyber-attacks, etc.
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Definition of Natural
Disaster
A natural disaster is characterized by the abnormal intensity of a natural agent (flood,
mudslide, earthquake, avalanche, drought) when the usual measures to be taken to prevent
this damage were not able to prevent their emergence or were not able to be taken. An
interministerial order notices the state of natural disaster. He allows the compensation of the
damage directly caused to the insured goods, set up by the 13 July 1982 law, relative to the
compensation of the victims of natural disasters. A natural disaster is recorded only if it
causes damage not covered by usual insurance policies.
Forest fires and damage related to wind are not the subject of natural disaster
rulings because they are insurable in conformance with the basic guarantee.
In that case, no order of natural disaster is taken even if goods were
destroyed.
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What Kind of Disaster Is
Super Cyclone Amphan

 It’s a Natural Disaster

 With the wind speed of

260 km/h
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Date and Places of Occurence

 Formed: 16 May 2020

 Dissipated: 21 May 2020

 Affected Areas: India, East India, Odisha, Bangladesh,

Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan.

Causes of The Disaster
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 Amphan took 40 hours after its formation to become a super cyclone.

The main reason behind this was the high sea surface temperatures
of 32-34 degrees Celsius in the Bay of Bengal. General long-term
warming of the Bay of Bengal was the leading cause of rapid
intensification, according to experts.

 Warm temperature at sea surfaces.

 Coriolis force impact area that forms a low-pressure zone.

 Atmospheric instability.

 Increased humidity in the lower to middle levels of the troposphere.

 Low vertical wind shear.

 Pre-existing low-level disturbance or focus.

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Government Initiative
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
announced Rs 1,500 crore for the
relief and rehabilitation of people
affected by Cyclone Amphan in West
Bengal and Odisha, and assured the
states of more support after conducting
separate aerial surveys with chief
ministers Mamata Banerjee and
Naveen Patnaik on Friday.
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measures during
Amphan Cyclone

 NDRF teams evacuated 7650

livestock to safer places. Teams
removed 7392 uprooted trees,
1150 Electric Poles and cleared
3152.5 Kms of road. Teams also
assisted State administration in
mass evacuation of more than
8.13 lakh people to safer places.
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Impact of the Disaster
 The state government estimated that the
storm caused at least 1.02 trillion Indian
Rupees.
 In damage and directly affected 70 per
cent of the state's population.
 According to the documents submitted by
the State government, about 28.6 lakh
houses have been damaged, with the
loss estimated at ₹28,650 crore. Also, 17
lakh hectares of agricultural crops worth
₹15,800 crore are estimated to have been
destroyed.
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Total Fatalities

 118 people died in the Amphan cyclone.

 Across the ten affected districts in

Odisha, 4.4 million people were impacted
in some way by the cyclone.
 There were 128 Fatalities in total.
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Those Affected

 Addressing immediate needs The “Disability- inclusive Cyclone Amphan Response Project”
by CBM partners Sundarban Social Development Centre (SSDC) and The Leprosy Mission
Trust India (TLMTI) aimed at immediate restoring lives of those most affected by Cyclone
Amphan. The project was implemented in seven most damaged villages of two blocks in
West Bengal, India. The relief response, provided to over 3,500 households, focused
primarily on health, food and non-food items as well as hygiene kits.

 In 2020, CBM alongside its long-standing partners in India – Sundarban Social Development
Centre (SSDC) and The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) – conducted a 7-month long
humanitarian project from June to December 2020 to provide relief aid for those affected by
Cyclone Amphan.
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Any Such Disaster In Future

 Constructing cyclone warning centres.

 Making arrangements to relocate people during cyclones.

 Providing information about a cyclone, and warning people,

fisherman, ships, ports, airlines and various government agencies
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Evacuation Measures When A Cyclone

Starts
 Listen to the radio (All India radio stations give weather warnigs)

 Keep monitoring the warnings. This will help you to prepare for a cyclone emergency.

 Pass on the information to others.

 Ignore rumours and do not spread them; this will help to avoid panic situations.

 Believe in the official information.

 When a cyclone alert is on your area continue normal working but stay alert to the radio warnings.

 Remember that a cyclone alert means that the danger is within 24 hours. Stay Alert.
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Government Initiative use of Mass Media to
spread information

 Government uses media like - news channels, radios, etc to spread

information about the Danger.
 Government also uses social media platform like – Youtube,
Facebook, Instagram, etc.
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Evacuation Measures
 Check the house; secure loose tiles and carry out repairs of doors and windows

 Remove dead branches or dying trees close to the house; anchor removable objects such as lumber
piles, loose tin sheets, loose bricks, garbage cans, sign-boards etc. which can fly in strong winds

 Keep some wooden boards ready so that glass windows can be boarded if needed

 Keep a hurricane lantern filled with kerosene, battery operated torches and enough dry cells

 Demolish condemned buildings

 Keep some extra batteries for transistors

 Keep some dry non-perishable food always ready for use in emergency
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