A Great Escape from the Bay of Bengal “Super Sapphire–Phailin” Tropical Cyclone: A Case of Improved Weather Forecast and Societal Response for Disaster Mitigation

The very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) “Phailin (2013)” was the strongest cyclone that hit the eastern coast of the India Odisha state since the supercyclone of 1999. But the same story of casualties was not repeated as that of 1999 where approximately 10 000 fatalities were reported. In the case of...

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Published in:Earth interactions 2015-12, Vol.19 (17), p.1-11
Main Authors: Mohanty, U C, Osuri, Krishna K, Tallapragada, Vijay, Marks, Frank D, Pattanayak, Sujata, Mohapatra, M, Rathore, L S, Gopalakrishnan, S G, Niyogi, Dev
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric sciences
Casualties
Climatology
Coastal environments
Cyclones
Death
Disaster management
Emergency preparedness
Evacuation
Fatalities
Government
Hurricanes
Mathematical models
Mitigation
Numerical models
Property damage
Rain
Rainfall
Sapphire
Shelters
Storm damage
Storm surges
Storms
Tropical climate
Tropical cyclones
Weather
Weather forecasting
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Summary:The very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) “Phailin (2013)” was the strongest cyclone that hit the eastern coast of the India Odisha state since the supercyclone of 1999. But the same story of casualties was not repeated as that of 1999 where approximately 10 000 fatalities were reported. In the case of Phailin, a record 1 million people were evacuated across 18 000 villages in both the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states to coastal shelters following the improved operational forecast guidance that benefited from highly skillful and accurate numerical model guidance for the movement, intensity, rainfall, and storm surge. Thus, the property damage and death toll were minimized through the proactive involvement of three-tier disaster management agencies at central, state, and district levels.
ISSN:1087-3562
1087-3562
DOI:10.1175/EI-D-14-0032.1