Destructive Cyclone Komen and Flood Scenario in Affected Districts of West Bengal: Causes and Effects

West Bengal is one of the most vulnerable states in India to natural hazards, viz-flood, storm that cyclone. This paper presents the possible vulnerable conditions of human life during floods that was outcome of the cyclone ‘KOMEN ’occurred on 30th of July in 2015. The origin of this tropical cyclone was near the southern coast of Bangladesh and later struck on India and Myanmar with heavy rainfall for several days. Although the major damage caused by Komen occurred in Bangladesh and Myanmar but the eastern part of India (West Bengal) was not excluded. Flood is very terrible natural calamity in West Bengal and damages the settings of human life and other resources. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the flood scenario in affected district of West Bengal. This paper is basically based on secondary sources of data which is mainly collected from West Bengal Disaster Management Department (WBDMD) and Joints Needs Assessment Report (JNA). It was found that more than 1.06 crore people were affected in West Bengal. This natural calamity had affected 14 districts, 236 blocks, 55 municipal areas, and 814 gram panchayats covering 21, 885 villages. Afrightful threat of outbreak of health diseases were arisen after the flood which further aggravated the existing malnutrition among young children. The major victims during this period were especially children, women and old people. It was observed that temporary disruptions also occurred in educational institutions and childhood care facilities. To control the above situation 2, 473 relief camps and 824 medical camps were engaged in rescue operation.