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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Hudhud killed 46 in Andhra Pradesh, 21 lakh families hit -Vishwa Mohan

Hudhud killed 46 in Andhra Pradesh, 21 lakh families hit -Vishwa Mohan

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published Published on Oct 26, 2014   modified Modified on Oct 26, 2014
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a first comprehensive report on 'extent of damage' caused by Hudhud in Andhra Pradesh, the state government has informed the Centre that the very severe cyclonic storm had not only killed 46 persons and injured 43 others but also affected 20.93 lakh families and took lives of 2831 animals and 24.43 lakh poultry/ducks in four districts on October 12.

The details, extended by Andhra Pradesh government to the Union ministry of earth science and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), also show that 2.37 lakh hectare of farm land having 22.14 lakh tons of food-grains and standing cash crops and 6.89 tons of horticultural crops suffered damage due to the very severe cyclone.

The 'extent of damage' caused by the cyclone is part of the report, prepared by IMD's Cyclone Warning Division on Hudhud.

The report noted that total 4,484 villages of four districts were affected by the cyclone that damaged 41,269 houses. Total 135,262 persons were evacuated by the authorities to safer place after getting advance warning of the cyclone from the IMD.

The report also noted that the Hudhud damaged 455 buildings, including 317 primary and secondary schools, before finally crossing over the state.

Similar comprehensive report on Odisha, which also faced the wrath of the cyclone, is awaited. The maximum damage was, however, reported from Andhra Pradesh.

The 'Hudhud' could have been more disastrous had it not been the India's space agency Isro's advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D on the job to give vital input for accurate forecasting.

The satellite, configured with improved imaging system and atmospheric sounder, was launched from Kourou, French Guiana on July 26 last year and made operational in January.

The country's official weather forecaster - IMD - in its report on the Hudhud highlighted the importance of the indigenous satellite data and explained how the INSAT-3D could be helpful in upgrading various components of early warning system of cyclones.

"The products of INSAT-3D satellite were fully utilized for the first time with the development of new products like enhanced IR imageries and coloured enhanced imageries and were made available through an exclusive page for cyclone images in IMD website", said the 66-page report of the Cyclone Warning Division of the weather forecaster.

The report - released on Wednesday - said, "All the existing 'high wind speed recorders' were made operational around the path of cyclone Hudhud."

The satellite, designed for enhanced meteorological observations, also monitors land and ocean surfaces, and generates vertical profile of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and humidity for weather forecasting and disaster warning. It has seven years of mission life.

"The images from the satellite give better resolution and allow more precise forecast," said M Mohapatra, IMD scientist and head of its Cyclone Warning Division, while referring to the report that contains salient features, brief life history and characteristics of the Hudhud.

The report noted that the Hudhud was the first cyclone that crossed Visakhapatnam coast in the month of October after 1985 and "it made landfall on the same day as Phailin did in 2013".

It noted that the maximum 24 hour cumulative rainfall of 38 cm on October 12-13 was reported from Gantyada (district Vizianagaram) in Andhra Pradesh.

The cyclone had developed from a low pressure area which lay over Tenasserim coast and adjoining North Andaman Sea in the morning of October 6 and concentrated into a depression in the morning of October 7. Moving west-northwestwards, it finally crossed north Andhra Pradesh coast over Visakhapatnam between 12 noon and 1 PM on October 12 with the wind speed of 180 kilometer per hour.

It finally weakened into a well-marked low pressure area over east Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood on October 14 evening.


The Times of India, 25 October, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hudhud-killed-46-in-Andhra-Pradesh-21-lakh-families-hit/articleshow/44932425.cms


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