Water and Energy International
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 65
  • Issue: 4

Managing tropical cyclones

  • Author:
  • Jaya Prakash Chand
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 47 to 50

Orissa State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA), Orissa.

“29.10.1999 - WIND SPEED OF 320 KMPH, TORRENTIAL RAIN OF 950 MM IN A CONTINUOUS SPELL OF THREE DAYS, TIDAL SURGE OF 07 METERS AND WATER GUSHING INTO 50 KM INLAND-YES, IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST DISASTERS OF THE MILLENIUM EVER SEEN ALONG ORISSA COAST-THE SUPER CYCLONE ORISSA OCTOBER 1999”.