DISASTER MANAGEMENT

NATURAL DISASTER
IN INDIA
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RISHABH
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Adisasterisanaturalorman-madehazardresultinginaneventof
substantialextentcausingsignificantphysicaldamageordestruction,loss
oflife,ordrasticchangetotheenvironment.

1. Natural disasters:
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Landslides
Tsunamis
Floods
Storm
Forestfire
Earthquakes
Drought
Thunderstormsand
Lightning

2. Man-made disasters:
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Building Collapse
Serial Bomb Blasts
Deforestation
Road/Train accidents
Plane crash
Power service disruption
and blackout
. Wars

 MAHARASHTRA
FLOODS

BIHAR FLOOD

Date- 26july2005

Atleast5,000peopledied.

Thefloodswerecausedbytheeighth
heaviesteverrecorded24-hourrainfall
figureof994mm(39.1inches).
Thefloodscausedadirectlossof
aboutRs.550crore
52localtrainsdamaged
37,000autorickshawsspoiled
4,000taxisdamaged
900busesdamaged
10,000trucksandtemposgrounded

The2008Biharflood,whichstarted
inthemonthofAugust2007.
Itisbelievedtobetheworstflood
inBiharinlast30years.
ByAugust3,theestimateddeath
tollwas41people,and48school
girlsweremaroonedinaschoolin
theDarbhangadistrict.
anestimated10millionpeoplein
Biharhadbeenaffectedbyflooding.

 LEH FLOOD
The2010Lehfloodsoccurredon
August6,2010inLehinthestate
ofJammu&kashmir.
Atleast225peopledied,and
thousandswereinjured.
Thousandsmorewererendered
homelessaccordingtogovernment
officials.
200peoplewerestillmissing
followingthefloods.
maximumtotalrainfallinsome
places

wereas

highas

250mm.

GUJARAT FLOOD

The2005GujaratFloodwasaboutof
majorfloodingaffectingmanyparts
ofGujaratandwascausedby
heavymonsoonrainsinJune2005.
About15,000peoplewereevacuated
fromthecoastalregions.
OnJune30,thestatewasputonhigh
alert.Mostoftheairportsandtrainsin
thestatewerenotoperational.
AsofJuly2thedeathtollwasabout
123peoplestatewideandmorethan
250,000evacuated.
Thereliefpackageisestimatedtobe
overRs.8000crore

KEDARNATH, UTTARAKHAND
AASAM FLOOD, SINCE 1998
Accordingtotheofficialrecords400
housesweredestroyedand265were
damaged.
4,200villageswerevictimsofthefloods.
6,000peopleweredead,10,000 were
injuredand 1,00,000werestuckinthe
valley.
20,000croreslosswasreported,whichmay Inyear2005beintheformofdestructionofhouses
TheBrahmaputrariverisflowing
roads,carsetc.
abovethedangerlevelinJorhatand
atDhubriinLowerAssam.
121peopledead,500Kaziranga
animalskilled,over2lakhpeople
werebadlyhitin23affecteddistricts.
3,000villageshavebeensubmerged
duetofloods.
Therehasbeenanincreaseof28per
centinrainfall528mmagainst
normalrainfall413mmwas

 J&K , FLOOD-2014

Almost284peopleinIndiaand280
peopleofPakistanhavelosttheirlives.
almostthousandvillageshavebeen
affected.
390villageshadbeencompletely
submerged
On5September,theJhelum
Riverin Srinagarwasreportedtobe
flowingat6.83mwhichwas1.34m
abovethedangermark.

INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

,2004

Withthemagnitudeof9.19.3,it
wasthethirdlargestearthquakeof
theworldrecordedever.Almost
227,898peoplediedinSouthIndia,
SriLanka,AndamanandNicobar
Islands.
Theearthquakehadthelongest
durationoffaultingeverobserved,
between8.3and10minutes.
Expertssaytheearthquakethat
causedtsunamiwassopowerfulthat
itsimpactcanbeequatedtothe
energyof23,000Hiroshima-type
atomicbombs.

 GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE
2001
The2001Gujarat
earthquakeoccurredonJanuary26,
2001,at08:46AM.
TheepicentrewasBhujGujarat,India
.Withamagnitudeofbetween7.6
and8.1
killedaround20,000people,injured
another167,000anddestroyednearly
400,000homes.

LATUR
EARTHQUAKE

Thedeadliestearthquakerocked
MaharashtraonSeptember30,
1993.
Itwasmeasured6.4onthe
Richterscale.
Thedeathtollwasmorethan
20,000whilealmost30,000were
injured.
52villagesweredevastatedin
theearthquake

 JABALPUR EARTHQUAKE
TheJabalpurearthquakeoccurredon
May22,1997inJabalpur
DistrictinMadhyaPradesh.
Theepicenteroftheearthquakewas
locatedat23.18N80.02Enear
Koshamghatvillage.
AccordingtogeologistDrV.
Subramanyan,thequakewascauseddue
tothepresenceofNarmadaFault.

The2005Kashmir
Earthquakewasamajor
earthquake.
Itoccurredat08:52:37on8
October2005.
Itregisteredamoment
magnitudeof7.6making.
Thedeathtollwas75,000.

ANDAMAN

EARTHQUAKE

KANGRA EARTHQUAKE

The2009AndamanIslandsearthquake
thatoccurredonAugust11,2009,at
01:25am.
Theearthquakemagnitudewas
recordedas7.5Mw,andwasthe
strongestearthquakeintheregionsince
the2004earthquake.
Theepicenterwas260kmnorth
ofPortBlair.
The1905Kangraearthquakeoccurred
Nocasualtiesorinjurieswere
intheKangraValleyon4April1905.
reported,althoughtherewere
Theearthquakemeasured7.8on
complaintsaboutminordamagesto
thesurfacewavemagnitudescaleand
buildings.
killedmorethan20,000people.
Asmanyas100,000buildingswere
reportedtohavebeendemolishedbythe
earthquake.
Atleast20,000peopleareestimatedto
havebeenkilledand
53,000domesticanimalswerealsolost

MALPA LANDSLIDE

Malin Landslide

On11and17August1998atvillage

MalpainUttarkhandabout380people
werekilled.

Thedeadincluded60Hindupilgrims
ontheirwaytoKailash

MansarovarlakeinTibet.
ThenotedIndiandancerProtimaBedi
wasoneofthepilgrimswhodiedinthe
landslide.

AlandslidehappenedinMalinvillage
locatedinPuneon30thJuly,2014.
Thelandslidehappenedinthehoursof
morning.
Thelandslideledtodeathofalmost
160peoplewhile200peoplewere
assumedtobeburiedinthedumpsof
landslidethatwerestayinginthe44
differenthouses.

MUMBAI LANDSLIDE

Mumbailandslideis
thelandslideinGhatkoparsuburbs
ofMumbaiinJuly2000
thatkilled67peopleandinjuredmany.
Thelandslidewastheresultofland
erosionfollowingheavyrains.

ORISSA CYCLONE

CYCLONE AILA

The1999Orissacyclone,alsoknown
asCyclone05B,andParadipcyclone,
wasthedeadliestIndianOceantropical
cyclone.

October28,itbecameaseverecyclone
withapeakof160mph(260km/h)
winds.
IthitIndiathenextdayasa155mph

(250km/h)cyclone.
Itcausedthedeathsof15,000people,
andheavytoextremedamageinits
pathofdestruction.

CORINGA CYCLONE
TheCoringaCyclonewas
oneofthe10bigdisasters
thatshookIndia,Andhra
Pradesh.
TheGreatCoringaCyclone
killedaround20,000people

CycloneAilawasthesecondtropical
cyclonetoformwithinthe
NorthernIndianOceanduring2009.
Thedisturbancethatwastobecome
CycloneAilaformedon21May2009
about950kilometres(590mi)tothe
southofKolkata,inIndia..
Asof27May2009,330peoplehave
beenkilledbyAilaand
atleast8,208morearemissing,while
about1millionarehomeless.

HOOGHLY RIVER CYCLONE

Thiscycloneoccurredon11thOctober,1737
andtookapproximately300,000lives
includingbothWestBengalandBangladesh.
about20,000ships,barques,canoes,boats,
sloopsetc.werecastaway.
manywildanimalssuchastigers,rhinosand
crocodilesintheGangesplateauareknown
tohaveperishedduetothecyclone.

SWINE FLU
Indelhi,191swinefludeathsreported
inIndiainJanuary2015.
Telanganarecorded629caseswith34
deathsinjanuary2015.
Inandhrapradesh,In2012,therewere
5,044reportedcasesofswineflu,
whichclaimedthelivesof405people
whilein2013,therewere5,253cases
and699deaths,headded.
2009 SWINE FLU Indiapanicsoverswineflu
infectedonein5people

2002 Indian Heat Wave

Indiasheatwavein2002atsouthregion
killedmorethan1000people,Mostof
thedeathsoccurredinstateofAndhra
Pradesh.
Theheatwassointensethatbirdsfell
fromthesky,pondsandriversdriedup.

1770 BENGAL FAMINE

ItwasalargefamineinBengal
duringtheBritishruleintheperiod
of1769-1773.
Bengalfaminewascausedthe
deathsof10millionpeoplein
Bengal,Biharandsomepartsof
Odisha.

1943 BENGAL FAMINE

1943strucktheBengalprovinceof
pre-partitionBritishIndiaduring
WorldWarII.
Between1.5millionand4million
peopledied,outofBengal's60.3
millionpopulation,

GREAT FAMINE OF 187678

ItisalsoknownasMadrasfamineof1877

Itbeganin1876and
affectedsouthandsouthwesthern
India(Madras,Mysore,Hyderabad,
andBombay)foraperiodoftwoyears.
Thedeathtollfromthisfamineis
estimatedtobeintherangeof5.5million
people.

2013 MAHARASHTRA DROUGHT

GUJARAT DROUGHT

Maharashtrastatewasaffectedbythe
regionsworstdroughtin40
years,worst-hitareasareJalna,Jalgaon
andDhule.
MillionsofpeopleinMaharashtraare
atseriousriskofhungeraftertwoyears
oflowrainfallintheregion.
11,801villagesdeclaredtobedrought
AverageRainfallofGujaratis700mm
affectedinMarch2013.
whichvariesfrom200mmto2000
mminthestate.
Duetoagro-climaticdiversity,there
areextremeclimaticconditionsin
Gujarat.
Onceinevery3year,thereisdrought
inGujarat.
Thedroughtwasdeclaredintheyears
1985,1986,1987,1998,1999,2000,
2001,2002and2003.
InGujarat,manypartsareaffectedby
HydrologicalDrought.

2010,EASTERN INDIAN STORM

Easternindia-Bihar,Aasam,West

bengal.
TheEasternIndianstormwasasevere
stormstruckpartsofeasternIndian

statesspanningfor3040minutes.
Atleast91peoplediedinIndianstates
andOver91,000dwellingswere

destroyedandpartiallydamaged.
Nearly500,000peoplewereleft
homeles

BUILDING COLLAPSES
MUMBAI 2013

Mumbaibuildingcollapseoccurredon27
September2013whenafive
storybuildingcollapsedin
theMazagaonareaofMumbaiA
tleast61peoplediedand32otherswere
injuredinthedisaster.

On4April,abuildingcollapsedand74
peopledied,including18childrenand23
women,withanadditional60people
wounded.Thecollapsetookplacein
Thane,acityinMaharashtrastate.

2012, HIMACHAL PRADESH

FOREST FIRE

ForestfiresinHimachalPradeshhave
destroyedmorethan20,000acresof
forestlandandcausedalossofmore
thanRs2.6crofgreenpropertyinthree
weeks.
Thefires,whichfirststartedinthe
Hamirpurcircle,werelateralsoreported
intheforestsofShimla,Nahanand
Mandi.
About1,646casesoffireswasreported.
Ofthetotalforestareaburnt,20per
centisinHamirpuralone.Thisis
followedbyNahan,having157cases
andanareaof2,797hectres.

 Indias Vulnerability to Disasters

57%landisvulnerabletoearthquakes.Ofthese,
12%isvulnerabletosevereearthquakes.
68%landisvulnerabletodrought.
12%landisvulnerabletofloods.
8%landisvulnerabletocyclones.
Apartfromnaturaldisasters,somecitiesinIndiaare
alsovulnerabletochemicalandindustrialdisasters
andman-madedisasters.