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===Andhra Pradesh===
===Andhra Pradesh===
The Andhra Pradesh government put 6 of its districts on high alert and the Chief Minister met representatives of the Army and Navy seeking their assistance if required.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/live-odisha-andhra-on-alert-as-cyclone-phailin-upgraded-to-super-storm-1165983.html|title=Live: Odisha, Andhra on alert as cyclone Phailin upgraded to super storm|date=11 October 2013|accessdate=11 October 2013|publisher = Firstpost}}</ref> Utility workers striking against the division of Andhra Pradesh called off their strike, partly in view of the cyclone threat to the coastal districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Relief-for-Seemandhra-after-power-staff-call-off-strike/articleshow/23942405.cms|title=Relief for Seemandhra after power staff call off strike|date=11 October 2013|accessdate=11 October 2013|publisher=The Times of India}}</ref> In the wake of the storm, employees of various JACs joined for emergency duties, providing temporary relief for people from the 70-day political agitation in the state. The state government ordered the evacuation of 64,000 people living in low-lying areas.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/cyclone-brings-respite-from-agitation/article5224181.ece Cyclone brings respite from agitation - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The Andhra Pradesh government and the Chief Minister met representatives of the Army and Navy seeking their assistance if required.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/live-odisha-andhra-on-alert-as-cyclone-phailin-upgraded-to-super-storm-1165983.html|title=Live: Odisha, Andhra on alert as cyclone Phailin upgraded to super storm|date=11 October 2013|accessdate=11 October 2013|publisher = Firstpost}}</ref> Utility workers striking against the division of Andhra Pradesh called off their strike, partly in view of the cyclone threat to the coastal districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Relief-for-Seemandhra-after-power-staff-call-off-strike/articleshow/23942405.cms|title=Relief for Seemandhra after power staff call off strike|date=11 October 2013|accessdate=11 October 2013|publisher=The Times of India}}</ref> In the wake of the storm, employees of various JACs joined for emergency duties, providing temporary relief for people from the 70-day political agitation in the state. The state government ordered the evacuation of 64,000 people living in low-lying areas.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/cyclone-brings-respite-from-agitation/article5224181.ece Cyclone brings respite from agitation - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Impact==
==Impact==

Revision as of 18:24, 12 October 2013

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin
Extremely severe cyclonic storm (IMD scale)
Category 5 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Phailin undergoing rapid intensification October 10.
FormedOctober 4, 2013 (2013-10-04)
DissipatedCurrently active
Highest winds3-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph)
1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
Lowest pressure936 hPa (mbar); 27.64 inHg
Fatalities7 total
Damage> $33 million (2013 USD)
Areas affectedThailand, Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Part of the 2013 Pacific typhoon and
the North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons


Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin is a tropical cyclone that has affected Thailand, Myanmar and the Indian provinces of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. The system was first noted as a tropical depression within the Gulf of Thailand, to the west of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Over the next few days, the system moved westwards within an area of low to moderate vertical wind shear, before as it passed over the Malay Peninsula, it moved out of the Western Pacific Basin on October 6. The system emerged into the Andaman Sea during the next day and moved west-northwest into an improving environment for further development. The system was subsequently named Phailin on October 9, after it had developed into a cyclonic storm and passed over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into the Bay of Bengal. After it was named, Phailin rapidly intensified and developed an eye, and became a very severe cyclonic storm on October 10, equivalent to a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS). During October 11, Phailin became equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the SSHWS before it started to weaken during the next day as it approached the Indian state of Orissa. The system subsequently made landfall later that day, near Gopalpur on Odisha coast at around 2130 IST (1600 UTC).

Officials said around 12 million people may be affected, 600 buildings have been identified as cyclone shelters, and people are being evacuated from areas near the coast, including Ganjam, Puri, Khordha and Jagatsinghapur districts in Odisha[clarification needed].[1] The cyclone has prompted the country's biggest evacuation in 23 years with more than 550,000 people moved up from the coastline in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to safer places.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On October 4, the Japan Meteorological Agency began monitoring a tropical depression that developed in the Gulf of Thailand, about 400 km (250 mi)* west of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.[2][3] Over the next couple of days the system moved westward within an area of low to moderate vertical wind shear. As it passed over the Malay Peninsula, it moved out of the Western Pacific Basin on October 6.[4][5][6] The system subsequently emerged into the Andaman Sea during the next day, before the India Meteorological Department (IMD) started to monitor the system as Depression BOB 04 early on October 8.[7][8] During that day the system moved towards the west-northwest into an environment for further development. The IMD reported that the system had become a deep depression early on October 9 as it intensified and consolidated further.[9][10] The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center subsequently initiated advisories on the depression and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 02B, before the system slightly weakened, as it passed near to Mayabunder in the Andaman Islands and moved into the Bay of Bengal.[11][12][13] After moving into the Bay of Bengal, the system quickly reorganized as it moved along the southern edge of a subtropical ridge of high pressure. The IMD reported that the system had intensified into a cyclonic storm and named it Phailin.[13][14]

After it was named, Phailin rapidly intensified further, and became equivalent to a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) early on October 10, after bands of atmospheric convection had wrapped into the systems low level circulation center and formed an eye feature.[15][16] Later that day the IMD reported that the system had become a very severe cyclonic storm, before the JTWC reported that Phailin had become equivalent to a category 4 hurricane on the SSHWS, after it had rapidly intensified throughout that day.[17][18] Early the next day the system underwent an eyewall replacement cycle and formed a new eyewall which subsequently consolidated.[19] After the new eyewall had consolidated the system slightly intensified further with the JTWC reporting that the system had reached its peak intensity, with 1-minute sustained windspeeds of 260 km/h (160 mph)* which made it equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the SSHWS.[20][21] Early on October 12, the system started to weaken with the Phailins eye starting to rapidly deteriorated as the system moved towards the Indian coast.[22][23] The system subsequently made landfall later that day near Gopalpur in the Indian state of Odisha, at around 2130 IST (1600 UTC) as a very severe cyclonic storm.[24]

Preparations

Phailin while undergoing its second Eyewall replacement cycle on 12 October 2013.
Infrared imagery of Phailin's cloud top temperatures (lower the temperature, more intense the convection is). Taken on 11 October 2013.

Odisha

Government issued a high alert to the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati; and cancelled the Dusshera holidays of employees of all 30 districts of the state, asking them to ensure safety of people. Food and relief materials were stocked-up at storm shelters across the state.[25] Distant storm warning signal was raised to two at the ports of Paradip and Gopalpur.[26] The Chief Minister of Odisha wrote to the Union Defence Minister seeking support from defence personnel, particularly the Air Force and Navy, for rescue and relief operations.[27] Indian Air Force choppers were kept on standby in West Bengal to move in for help at short notice. Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) government has made arrangements for over 100,000 food packets for relief.[28]

Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh government and the Chief Minister met representatives of the Army and Navy seeking their assistance if required.[29] Utility workers striking against the division of Andhra Pradesh called off their strike, partly in view of the cyclone threat to the coastal districts.[30] In the wake of the storm, employees of various JACs joined for emergency duties, providing temporary relief for people from the 70-day political agitation in the state. The state government ordered the evacuation of 64,000 people living in low-lying areas.[31]

Impact

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The cyclone caused heavy to very heavy rain in many places in the Andaman Islands and severely affected normal lives in the islands. On October 9, the rainfall recorded for the 24 hour period was 336 mm (13.2 in) in Mayabunder and 337 mm (13.3 in) in Long Island. In 72 hours, Mayabunder observed 735 millimetres (28.9 in) of precipitation. The flooding caused due to heavy rains in Middle Andaman had rendered many homeless and also Cyclone resulted in closure of the Andaman Trunk Road, with many passengers being held up at different stations. The road between Middle Strait, Jirkatang and Kadamtala was shut down due to heavy winds, not allowing the vehicle ferry connectivity.[32]

Odisha

Heavy rainfall led to the death of a man in Bhubaneswar after a tree fell on him. Gusty winds led to many downed trees and powerlines.[33] Rain and wind have lashed India's east coast and nearly 400,000 people have fled to cyclone shelters after the government issued a red alert and warned of severe damage when the cyclone made landfall on 12 October.[34] Due to high winds, seven other people were killed in Odisha due to falling trees.[35] [36]

See also

References

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