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Save the Children has distributed 1,702 shelter kits and 1,702 utility kits and hygiene kits in all affected areas of Leh town, Choglamsar and 22 surrounding villages, reaching out to 8,510 people, including approximately 5,102 children.
With winter approaching fast, the evenings tend to get very cold, the blankets distributed and the temporary shelters being built have ensured that the affected families stay warm.
The utility kits which comprise of basic kitchen utensils have ensured that these families are able to prepare clean meals for themselves.
The distribution of hygiene kits has ensured that these families have access to basic medicines to keep them safe from most common illnesses. Also close to 1, 50,000 water purification tablets have been distributed to ensure that these families have access to clean drinking water.
Save the Children with help from our partner has already set up 3 Child Friendly Spaces at Himank, Tashi Gyatsal and Skampari. These are reaching about 100 children. In the absence of regular schools, these Child Friendly Spaces have helped children deal with the trauma of the situation as well restore some normalcy in a difficult environment.
Save the Children is leading the Inter Agency Education Cluster response. We have set up 5 temporary schools to date at Igoo, Basgo, Skurbuchan, Phyang and Saspotse, reaching approximately 200 children. In the coming weeks the aim is to set up 24 temporary schools (15 in Leh and 9 in Kargil), where the school buildings have been damaged and cannot be used. In the next few days Save the Children would be distributing close to 2400 education kits among the children in the schools which have been already set up and the ones which are being newly built.
Continuing with our efforts, we are now targeting 400 families affected by the flood in Leh and Kargil, mainly from the rural areas. These are the most marginalised and hard-to-reach communities. We currently aim to give temporary shelter packages to these families to ensure some immediate shelter protection both now and for the winter. This includes; family shelter kits, water filters, stoves and thermal clothing.
Earlier
The situation report and assessments from the Kargil cloud burst have come in and Save the Children has decided to intervene through our local partner Kargil Development Project via Non Food Items (NFIs), tents for schools and Primary Health Centres (PHCs).
Save the Children have agreed to put washrooms in all temporary schools and Child Friendly Spaces (CFS), where possible, which Save the Children had set up with help from its partners.
Save the Children’s direct intervention on social exclusion on the 19th August for the Spituk Pang community has seen the marginalized community gaining equal access to water and food.
Save the Children and MSF have distributed a total of 1575 Family Kits (comprising of a Hygiene Kit, Kitchen Kit and a Shelter Kit) in all affected areas of Leh town and 14 surrounding villages, reaching a total of 1575 families (7875 people including 4725 children).
Save the Children and its partner organization Leh Nutrition Project, have set up 3 Child Friendly Spaces at Himank, Tashi Gyatsal and Skampari.
Save the Children and its partner organization Leh Nutrition Project have set up 3 Temporary schools to date at Egoo, Basgo and Skarbuchan.
Save the Children and MSF have distributed a total of 1208 Family Kits (each one of these is comprised of a Hygiene Kit, Utility Kit and a Shelter plus kits) in all affected areas of Leh town and 18 surrounding villages reaching a total of 1208 families (which translates to 6040 people including 3624 children).
PM visit: The Prime Minister visited Leh on 17 August 2010 and visited two areas where Save the Children’s Child Friendly Spaces were functioning.
The government is committed to rebuilding houses before the winter.
Child Friendly Spaces( CFS): Two CFS’s have been set up at Hemank (relief camp) and Tasi Gatsal in Choglamsar. They were pitched in high and open areas where children could reach easily and are safe from physical hazards. They were put up with tremendous support from the community. A further CFS is being put up today in Skampari.
Targets: We are now targeting 400 families affected by the flood in both Leh and Kargil, mainly from the rural areas because they are the most marginalised and hardest to reach communities. Furthermore, the urban areas are already heavily targeted and they tend to be in the higher economic category.
Reach: Save the Children and MSF have distributed a total of 1109 Family Kits (each one of these is comprised of a Hygiene Kit, Utility Kit and a Shelter plus kits) in all affected areas of Leh town and 14 surrounding villages reaching a total of 1109 families (5545 people including 3327 children). (This data is attached).
Overnight weather: Heavy rain on the night of August 13 caused widespread panic throughout Leh with villagers rushing to the mountain. Although no casualties have been reported, mud and debris on the roads are affecting road passes and local transport. Radio Colony (where the local radio stations are housed) reported structural damage.
Child Friendly Spaces: On August 14 Save the Children trained 15 volunteer facilitators to play and work with children in Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs). Three child friendly spaces are going to be set up in the coming days in Choglamsur, Sabu and Mani-tsering.
Reach: Save the Children and MSF have distributed a total of 1054 kits (1054 hygiene kits, 1054 utility kits and 1054 shelter plus kits) in all affected areas of Leh town and 6 surrounding villages reaching a total of 1054 families (5270 people including 3162 children).
Psycho-social impact on children and families: There is a high level of trauma within the community, worry about the winter and further cloudbursts. As the weather worsens, fear and trauma increase.
Shelter: This is a key area considering that winter is less than eight weeks away; the issue is the most pressing issue that villagers face.
Urgent issues:
There is no baseline data on the villages that are unreachable by road (more villages have not been assessed than have been). Government data appears to be Leh centric.
The government has not produced a plan yet on building shelter. This is an urgent requirement.
It is important that schools are reopened as soon as possible so that normality can return to children’s lives and they can discuss and play with their friends and teachers.
Save the Children and MSF have distributed a total of 1200 kits (400 Hygiene Kits, 400 Utility Kits and 400 shelter plus kits) in all affected areas of Leh town and 6 surrounding villages reaching a total of 400 families (2000 people including 1200 children)
Many villages are still inaccessible. Civilian and military teams are working to clear the roads. It is still only possible to access Leh by air as the Srinagar Leh road and Manali Leh road remain closed.
There remains a high level of psychosocial distress and fear amongst the affected population. Sanitation conditions are deteriorating in many areas.
Two flight loads of family kits will be airlifted on 12th of August.
Save the Children and MSF-Holland have begun to respond together Leh floods response. Already, the first despatch of shelter materials, household utility kits and hygiene kits have landed in Leh on Monday morning.
Search and rescue is ongoing in Leh and surrounding villages.
To date 125 bodies have been recovered, more than 1,000 people in the surrounding areas are still missing presumed dead and many thousands are affected. In the town of Leh an estimated 300 houses have been destroyed and at least 300 more damaged. Information about the devastation in surrounding villages is sketchy and casualty figures are unknown as no access has been possible. A rough estimate is that 5,000 families in the surrounding villages are in need of relief. Military helicopters have made some emergency food drops to villages.
The NDRF arrived in Leh today and they are assisting the government.
The government has requested that Save the Children to do a comprehensive assessment of Leh and there is a high expectation that Save the Children will be taking a leading role in the relief and rehabilitation of Leh.
A key issue is going to be long term shelter for those who have been made homeless. The winter begins here in 6 weeks.
130 people are confirmed dead 600 people have been reported missing; 200 from a small village before Choglumsur.
Within a minutes cloudburst and heavy rainfall the lives of hundreds lost and thousands displaced; and inflicted large scale damage to homes and to the districts communications networks and infrastructure.
The Prime Minister has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 1 lakh to the families of the deceased, and Rs. 50,000 to those who have been seriously injured
Government rescue efforts are well underway in the flood affected district.
Save the Children is the lead NGO on the ground, and has begun its assessment of the scale of the flood damage and its affects for children and their families.
Current Situation
Within a minute, a cloudburst over the district of Leh in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, brought a high concentration of rainfall to the area causing flooding and landslides. 130 people are confirmed dead, approximately 400 are injured and 600 people are missing. "We have recovered 130 bodies so far and at least 370 are injured. The number of missing is yet to be ascertained," State Police Chief Kuldeep Khoda said, adding the toll may go up.
A small village before Choglumsur, which bore the brunt of the incessant rains, was completely wiped out as rescue workers were looking for survivors in the mud slush and debris. Over 200 people were still reported to be missing from the worst-hit village Choglumsar, 13 kms from here. The death toll is expected to rise, as some of the affected villages remain inaccessible. Weather conditions have not yet improved and rainfall has been continuous since late Thursday night, hampering rescue efforts. The continuous rainfall increases the risk of additional landslides, further challenging rescue and relief efforts.
While the airport in Leh has reopened, poor weather conditions have made air travel difficult. Flights carrying relief materials and personnel have been unable to land however, the Civil Aviation Ministry is coordinating with the State Government to have relief materials airlifted to the affected areas as roads and highways remain closed.
The government has begun relief and rescue efforts, providing food and cooking materials to the affected families. 6000 soldiers have been deployed to the affected areas. The Prime Minister has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 1 lakh to families of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 to those seriously injured.
Save the Children’s Response:
Save the Children has been present in Leh since 1978 when a severe flooding occurred in Leh. Today, Save the Children is leading NGO efforts on the ground, and with local partner Leh Nutrition Project, assessments of the flood damage are well underway. From our rapid assessement, the following immediate needs of the flood affected families and children emerged:
5000 blankets are required to keep children, women and other family members warm as homes have been damaged and the weather conditions are poor
5000 household utility kits are necessary to ensure families are able to prepare basic meals
5000 hygiene kits are needed to help reduce the risk of illness
Tarpaulines, medical assistance, etc are some of the other critical needs.
Recovery efforts will soon follow this initial relief response as homes and villages will require debris clearance and rebuilding, educational support to children and support for livelihood restoration will also be critical, given the large scale damage caused by the floods.
Save the Children State Programme Manager in J & K, Sharif Bhat met the District Collector and appraised him of SC response who welcomed and further requested that Save the Children must extend all possible support to alleviate the suffering of the people of Leh in this critical hour of need. Every one has been caught unprepared.
On Sunday, 8th morning, Save the Children will distribute blankets and other non-food items to some of the worst affected families.
Rapid Assessment: Save the Children team of 5 persons are on the ground conducting a multi-sectoral rapid assessment in order to operationalize and progressively strengthen the relief and recovery efforts of Save the Children.
Logistics: With roads being blocked due to mud and boulders on the roads, Leh is almost an isolated town from the rest of the world. The option left for the next couple of days is to try and rush immediate relief items through ‘air-lifting’.
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Severe cloudbursts causing torrential rain began late Thursday evening, resulting in flash floods in the town of Leh and the area of Choglumsar located 13 km from the main town. As of 10:30 a.m. (unconfirmed) 100 people are feared died as per media reports. More than 12,000 people have been affected,approximately 5,000 of which are children. The exact numbers are unknown, and will be updated as communication arrives from Save the Children’s Assessment team on the ground.More than 120 homes have been completely destroyed and 200 have sustained partial damage in Skampari and in the main town of Leh (as per the information received from the areas visited).
In addition, 300 – 400 houses are fully damaged in Choglumsar. People themselves are excavating the dead bodies from the debris.
There has been large-scale damage to buildings and infrastructure. SNM hospital, which is the main civil hospital in Leh has flooded. Patients have been shifted from SNM to the main military hospital. Landslides have made many roads inaccessible, and the Srinagar- Leh highway has been closed as a result of the flooding.
The telecommunications towers have been severely affected, making the communication to the area very difficult.The airport in Leh is closed for the day.6,000 army personnel have been deployed and are doing in the rescue operations along with the local populations. Rescue operations have also been undertaken by the Muslim Association of Leh.
Save the Children’s initial findings have determined that immediate needs include: blankets, shelter, household utility kits and basic hygiene materials. The team is heading to the 4 affected villages in Choglumsar to conductan assessment of the damage and needs of the affected population.
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Update on Save the Children's reponse to the Nor'wester Cyclonic storm
Save the Children was the among the first to mount an immediate response after Nor’wester struck the area. As of 20th April,
742 families have received relief support till date by Save the Children in Araria (492) and Supaul (250).
328 Cyclone affected family received temporary shelter and Hygiene kit support in Araria and Supaul.
ARARIA District
The villages that were covered for immediate relief distributions are: Baijnathpur Rehi Tola , Baijnathpur, Mandir Tola, Sarbaha, Bangali Tola and Khuntaha
Total 492 families have received relief support of Hygiene kit and tarpaulin from 10 villages of Raniganj in Araria.
The affected Families have not yet received any support from Government at the end of day 7. Government is still making list of affected families.
On 22nd, field level selection of beneficiaries for the distribution of Household (kitchen) utensils kit will be finalized
500 kitchen utensils has been despatched from Patna and will reach Raniganj on 22nd April.
In Araria, people are utilising the Tarpaulin sheet, Mosquito nets to mitigate negative impacts of blazing heat and mosquito bites.
SUPAUL
500 households received relief support in Methia, Baija, Daparakha, Bishanpur, Hemantganj, Sripur,Barahkhurwa and Harinagar Musahrini in Supaul.
Nor’wester Cyclonic Storm in Bihar, Bengal and Assam
120 killed as Nor’wester storm struck Bihar, Bengal and Assam rendering thousands homeless on the night of 13th April 2010 (2315 hours which lasted for nearly 30 minutes).
Save the Children team has undertaken Rapid Assessment in the affected areas and in addition, is closely working with Inter Agency for multi-sectoral rapid assessment.
A sudden, violent tropical storm mauled east Bihar late on Tuesday night, killing 120 people, besides rendering thousands homeless.
Government sources said the Nor'wester, which also ripped through the North Dinajpur district in West Bengal killing 39 people there, severely hit Purnia, Araria, Katihar, Kishanganj and Supaul districts of Eastern Bihar around 11 p.m. on Tuesday. According to PTI reports, four persons were killed in Dhubri district of Assam.
The Nor'wester that struck the region with a wind speed of over 120 km an hour lasted half an hour, devastating four blocks of the district and affecting more than a lakh families. Although no alert for a storm of such magnitude was given by the Regional Meteorological Department on Tuesday, rain or thunderstorms had been predicted for the next 24 hours.
At least 39 people were killed and over 100 injured when the storm wreaked havocin North Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
It is feared that the death toll may rise as reports from many remote villages are not available yet. While officials indicated that they expected the death toll to rise due to people being buried under the debris, however, latest reports gathered from the affected districts place the toll at 77, with Purnia recording the highest number of casualties (33), followed by Araria (33), Katihar (7) and two each in Kishanganj and Supaul. The power supply, mobile networks and telephones are all down.
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The International Save the Children Alliance has deployed an emergency response team in Haiti to help staff already on the ground in getting earthquake relief to children and families in extreme need.
On January 12, an earthquake leveled much of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince and damaged surrounding communities. With large swaths of the city in ruins and a death toll feared to be in excess of 100,000 lives, the disaster is the worst in modern Haitian history. While a massive international relief and recovery operation is under way, the situation for children and families affected by the quake remains dire.
The Impact on Children: Children are always among the most vulnerable during emergencies. The earthquake has forced untold numbers of families whose homes were damaged or destroyed into the streets and makeshift “camps” in open areas. Needs of children and families are enormous in all respects: food and water, shelter, medical care and basic supplies. Many people are trying to buy food with the cash they have left, but this seems to be running out. Most families are eating one meal a day and Save the Children is concerned that small children are not getting food throughout the day. The threat of disease and illness is also constant for children. They are also at risk of family separation and abuse and exploitation, as well as psychosocial distress. While the Haitian people are extremely resilient and are exhibiting patience and generosity, their circumstances remain difficult. Save the Children’s Response: Save the Children has worked in Haiti continuously since 1978 and launches immediate relief for children affected by the island’s frequent natural disasters. Local staff members in Port-au-Prince have been joined by our international disaster response experts and are working around the clock and in coordination with the Haitian government, donors, non-governmental organizations and communities to provide relief on a scale similar to our response to the epic Asia tsunami of 2004. Work is taking place in Port-au-Prince and in nearby communities.
Recent Updates from the field:
Food
The World Food Program (WFP) will be providing Save the Children with high-energy biscuits for distribution. Save the Children is also coordinating a longer-term strategy with WFP for food distribution.
On January 16, Save the Children distributed food for 2,000 people at the L’Hopital de l’Espoire (Hope Hospital), that focuses on pediatric medicine and helps support two orphanages.
Water
Large quantities of bottled water have been received for distribution with our hygiene kits.
Save the Children has trained 24 staff in water and sanitation responses and healthy hygiene promotion. Beginning January 22, teams will travel to 15 informal settlements in Port-au-Prince to begin constructing latrine and water points and encourage proper hygiene.
Based on assessments in two other locations, Save the Children plans to deliver clean water to residents by tank trucks, construct latrines to prevent water contamination, distribute hygiene kits and promote proper hygiene to prevent the spread of diseases.
Shelter and Non-Food Relief Items
2,500 household kits are being procured at Save the Children’s office in the Dominican Republic for rapid delivery by truck to Port-au-Prince.
1,000 family-size tents are being shipped by Save the Children from China, where the agency responded to that nation’s earthquake in 2008.
25,000 sheets of plastic for temporary shelter have arrived at Save the Children’s base in Miami.
1,000 family hygiene kits (including soaps, rubbing alcohol, baby wipes, diapers, hand sanitizers and bleach), arrived in Port-au-Prince on January 19.
Emergency Health Care
Our mobile health clinic in Leogane continues to see approximately 100 patients daily. The unit is staffed by 14 expatriate doctors.
On January 19, 16.5 tons of medical supplies donated to the agency by AmeriCares were distributed in Leogane and at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Medical supplies were distributed by Save the Children’s response team and a partner agency to 14 hospitals and clinics throughout the Port-au-Prince region.
Child Protection
Several Child Friendly Spaces are now open in temporary shelters so that children can take part in structured, supportive activities to help them recover from what they’ve experienced. Kits for 77 other spaces are in Port-au-Prince; Save the Children plans to open hundreds of these essential sites for children.
Save the Children has trained 50 social workers in providing psychosocial support to children, activities at our Child Friendly Spaces and child protection policies.
Three Child Friendly Spaces are scheduled to open January 22 in the community of Jacmel.
The agency has been requested by the UN to coordinate the reunification of separated children with their families. We are beginning to collect information and reports of separated and unaccompanied children for follow-up action.
Education
Save the Children will be among the lead agencies to rapidly restore education for children to provide them with a structured, secure environment.
Save the Children staff also continues to assess conditions in damaged communities west of Port-au-Prince and initiate relief operations and local partnerships. Our staff in the Dominican Republic is also alert to the possibility of relief that may be needed for Haitian earthquake victims who have moved to the border area.
The agency has committed to a five-year “build back better” initiative, which will take us from the relief and recovery phase to working with families to rebuild their communities. The strategy is similar to the five-year rebuilding initiative Save the Children launched in Aceh Province, Indonesia following the epic December 2004 tsunami.
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Save the Children strongly believes that in any emergency Children are the most vulnerable to the events. Following are some of the responses carried out by Save the Children in India to safeguard the rights of these children.
South India Floods 2009
Large parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka saw the worst ever floods in the past 100 years. Heavy rainfall beginning on September 29th in the two states caused the Krishna and Tungabhadra Rivers to breach their banks, flooding the many villages along the banks of the two rivers, and in all affecting five districts in Andhra Pradesh and twelve districts in Karnataka.
Save the Children and 4 partner organizations across two states – Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have initiated a six month Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation intervention in 52 villages with the support of Save the Children Alliance and other corporate donors. We have now completed first quarter of this intervention with the following outcomes;
52 Child Friendly Spaces established and function in 52 villages.
3000 families received Hygiene Kits with Medicated Mosquito Nets.
13,860 Children were provided with quality Education Kits containing a school bag, books, pencils, crayons, erasers and a good water bottle
40 schools have been provided School Kits for quality teaching.
3050 families received Household Utility Kits with Tarpaulins.
1946 Man days through Cash for Work in Andhra Pradesh.
2000 families received woolen blankets in Raichur District.
52 Child Protection Committees functional in 52 project villages.
112 Project staff from 4 partner organisations are trained in Emergency concepts, Child Protection and Child Rights perspective.
Cyclone Aila, 2009
Striking the coast of West Bengal on 25 May, state authorities estimate that Cyclone Aila affected some 6.8 million people across the state, damaging or destroying over 1 million houses and killing at least 138 people.
As of September 2009, Save the Children had provided hygiene kits to more than 6,000 families and water to over 3,500 families, set up 21 Child-Friendly Spaces, provided over 47,000 hot meals to children, lactating mothers and pregnant women and dry rations for a further 2,500 households, rehabilitated 45 tube wells and a communal pond, distributed clothes to 4,200 children, education materials to more than 2,500 children, and shelter materials to 2,000 households and provided restocking assistance for 514 Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) centres.
Floods, 2008
2008 saw floods on a massive scale throughout northern and eastern India. Widespread flooding in West Bengal in June was followed by the bursting of the Kosi River embankment in Bihar on 18 August, the consequences of which were declared a ‘national calamity’ by the Prime Minister. In total, over 3 million people had to leave 993 villages to seek shelter, and over 5 million people are thought to have been seriously affected. 262 deaths were officially reported, although actual numbers are believed to be higher. This was followed in September 2007 by massive monsoon flooding in Orissa, where around 4.2 million people in some 6,000 villages were badly affected.
Save the Children reached 117,000 direct beneficiaries in Bihar and Orissa, with food, nutrition, shelter, health, child protection and education support.
Kandhamal Violence, 2008
After the killing of a Hindu religious leader in Kandhamal district, Orissa, large-scale mob violence directed against Christian communities forced more than 50,000 people out of their homes and into state-run relief camps. Some 50 people are thought to have been killed in the fighting.
Save the Children responded by providing supplementary feeding for 794 children aged 6-24 months and setting up nineteen health camps and thirty child-friendly spaces.
Mautam crisis, 2008
A major rat infestation in the north-east state of Mizoram destroyed crops on a massive scale, driving thousands of people to the edge of a humanitarian crisis. The rat infestation was the result of Mautam, a cyclic ecological event that occurs every 48 years when the flowering of bamboo trees triggers an explosion in the rat population, who go on to devour food stocks and crops. In the worst-affected areas, 95% of rice crops and 75% of the cash crops were destroyed and 30,000 families were left living with acute shortages.
Save the Children provided life-saving support in the remote Saiha district, offering food and cash to the most needy and work opportunities for destitute families. We also supported the restocking of livestock and the distribution of seeds, provided support and training for ICDS centres and worked with local people to strengthen their ability to meet their own needs.
Floods, 2007
2007 saw some of the worst flash floods in recent times in Assam, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal.
Save the Children targeted 18,000 children and their families in all four states, ensuring food security, restoring livelihoods of the poorest, renovating schools and medical centres, providing basic healthcare, restoring rural water sources and providing training on community-led disaster risk reduction.
Earthquake, 2005
Four areas of Jammu & Kashmir were severely damaged, many people died, scores of people were displaced and livelihoods were destroyed.
Save the Children distributed food, NFIs and shelter to over 11,000 families, supported schools and ICDS centres, established safe play areas for children, and provided training on health, hygiene, child rights and protection.
Tsunami, 2004
The Asian Tsunami in 2004 devastated coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Save the Children’s emergency recovery programme continued for more than four years after the tsunami struck, focusing on shelter, education, disaster preparedness, child protection, HIV/AIDS, and early childhood care and development.
Drought, 2003
Following severe drought across India in 2003, Save the Children set up an emergency drought-relief programme in four districts in Rajasthan, reaching more than 50,000 people.
The approach included installation of water tanks, cultivation of kitchen gardens, plantation of moisture-retaining trees, establishment of community grain banks, building and training of village-level drought response committees, engagement of children through children’s groups and mobilisation of awareness-raising activities.
Conflict, 2002
Shelling from Pakistan displaced 153,000 people in six districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
Save the Children responded through community-based support for the wellbeing of children, supplementary education, hygiene and health promotion and nutritional programmes.
Earthquake, 2001
Following the Gujarat earthquake Save the Children provided relief materials to around 72,500 families and equipment, water storage tanks, stationery and furniture to health centres, dispensaries and ICDS centres.
Save the Children also worked in partnership with a network of 22 grassroots NGOs to build 24,000 semi-permanent shelters.
Super Cyclone, 1999
The 1999 Super Cyclone in Orissa was India’s deadliest storm since 1971, killing over 10,000 people as wind speeds reached as high as 260 km/h. It had a defining influence on the disaster reparedness movement in India and its anniversary, 29th October, is now marked as a national DRR day.
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