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

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1 INDIA DODGES A BULLET AS CYCLONE PHALIN STRIKES BAY OF BENGAL OCTOBER 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 SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES POWER BLACKOUTS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE HIGH BENEFIT/COST FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES

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

7 POLICY ADOPTION RISK ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY EXPOSUREEXPOSURE EVENTEVENT POLICY ASSESSMENT COSTCOST BENEFITBENEFIT CONSEQUENCESCONSEQUENCES MOVING TOWARDS CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENCE CYCLONESCYCLONES EXPECTED LOSS

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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