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INDIA DODGES A BULLET AS CYCLONE PHALIN STRIKES BAY OF BENGAL OCTOBER 12, 2013

INDIA DODGES A BULLET AS CYCLONE PHALIN STRIKES BAY OF BENGAL OCTOBER 12, 2013. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA . INDIA. NATURAL AND TECH. HAZARDS THAT HAVE CAUSED DISASTERS IN INDIA. FLOODS. GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.

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INDIA DODGES A BULLET AS CYCLONE PHALIN STRIKES BAY OF BENGAL OCTOBER 12, 2013

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  1. INDIA DODGES A BULLET AS CYCLONE PHALIN STRIKES BAY OF BENGALOCTOBER 12, 2013 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

  2. INDIA

  3. NATURAL AND TECH. HAZARDS THAT HAVE CAUSED DISASTERS IN INDIA FLOODS GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES HIGH BENEFIT/COST FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT POWER BLACKOUTS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

  4. Natural Phenomena That Cause Disasters Interactions of Planet Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere causes situations favorable for CYCLONES

  5. STRATEGIC COLLABORATION (I.E., WORKING TOGETHER ON A COMMON GOAL) FOR BECOMING CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENT

  6. QUAKE HAZARDS • PEOPLE & BLDGS. • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • PREPAREDNESS • PROTECTION • EARLY WARNING • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY and • RECONSTRUCTION CYCLONE RISK POLICY OPTIONS ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK GOAL: CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENCE INDIA’S COMMUNITIES DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

  7. RISK ASSESSMENT • VULNERABILITY • EXPOSURE • EVENT • COST • BENEFIT CYCLONES EXPECTED LOSS POLICY ADOPTION • CONSEQUENCES POLICY ASSESSMENT MOVING TOWARDS CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENCE

  8. CYCLONE PHALIN(One of the Most Powerful Historical Cyclones) MADE LANDFALL OVER GOLPALPUR ON SATURDAY, OCT. 12, WITH WINDS OVER 200 kph (125 mph) AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

  9. CYCLONE PHALIN: GOPULPAR BEACHBAY OF BENGAL

  10. 500,000 EVACUATED Some Safe Havens reported to be Unprepared

  11. CYCLONE PHALIN”S IMPACT AREA

  12. EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS BEGIN(Sunday, October 13, 2013) EM response began early Sunday with the military and relief workers making their way throughout the region in helicopters and trucks

  13. AT PRESENT, ONLY 9 DEATHS REPORTED

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