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DISASTER

Cyclone
1. 29th October 1971, Orissa
2. 19th November, 1977,
    Andhra Pradesh
3. 29th and 30th October 1999,
    Orissa
Earthquake
4. 20th October 1991 Uttarkashi
5. 30th September 1993 Latur
6. 22 May 1997 Jabalpur
7. 29th March 1997, Chamoli
8. 26th January, 2001, Bhuj,
    Gujarat
Landslide
9.     July 1991, Assam
10.   August 1993, Nagaland
11.   18th August 1998, Malpa
Flood
12.   1978 Floods in North East India
13.   1994 Floods in Assam,
        Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and
        Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,
        Panjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa,
        Kerala and Gujarat

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Impact

  1. Cyclone and tidal waves killed 10,000
        people
  2. Cyclone and tidal waves killed 20,000
people
  3. Cyclone and tidal waves killed 9,000 and
18 million people were affected
  4. An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 killed
723 people
  5. Approximately 8000 people died and
there was a heavy loss to infrastructure
  6. 39 people dead
  7. 100 people dead
  8. More than 10,000 dead and heavy loss
to infrastructure
  9. 300 people killed, heavy loss to roads
and infrastructure
  10. 500 killed and more than 200 houses
destroyed and about 5kms. Road
damaged.
  11. 210 people killed. Villages were washed
away
  12. 3,800 people killed and heavy loss to
property.
  13. More than 2000 people killed and
thousands affected

What is a Disaster ?
Almost everyday, newspapers, radio and
television channels carry reports on disaster
striking several parts of the world. But what
is a disaster? The term disaster owes its
origin to the French word “Desastre” which
is a combination of two words ‘des’ meaning
bad and ‘aster’ meaning star. Thus the term
refers to ‘Bad or Evil star’. A disaster can
be defined as “A serious disruption in the
functioning of the community or a society
causing wide spread material, economic,
social or environmental losses which... [continues]

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