INDIA DODGES A BULLET AS CYCLONE PHALIN STRIKES

BAY OF BENGALOCTOBER 12, 2013

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,

Virginia, USA 

INDIA

NATURAL AND TECH. HAZARDS THAT HAVE NATURAL AND TECH. HAZARDS THAT HAVE CAUSED DISASTERS IN INDIACAUSED DISASTERS IN INDIA

NATURAL AND TECH. HAZARDS THAT HAVE NATURAL AND TECH. HAZARDS THAT HAVE CAUSED DISASTERS IN INDIACAUSED DISASTERS IN INDIA

FLOODS

SEVERE WINDSTORMS

EARTHQUAKES

POWER BLACKOUTS

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

HIGH BENEFIT/COST FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT

HIGH BENEFIT/COST FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT

GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIESAND COMMUNITIES

GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE GOAL: PROTECT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIESAND COMMUNITIES

Natural Phenomena That Cause Disasters

Interactions of Planet Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere causes situations favorable for CYCLONES

STRATEGIC COLLABORATION (I.E., WORKING TOGETHER ON A

COMMON GOAL)

FOR BECOMING CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENT

STRATEGIC COLLABORATION (I.E., WORKING TOGETHER ON A

COMMON GOAL)

FOR BECOMING CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENT

INDIA’S INDIA’S

COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES

INDIA’S INDIA’S

COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIESDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATIONDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION

HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

•QUAKE HAZARDS•PEOPLE & BLDGS. •VULNERABILITY•LOCATION

CYCLONE RISK CYCLONE RISK

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

GOAL: CYCLONE GOAL: CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE

• PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•EARLY WARNING•EMERGENCY RESPONSE•RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION

POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS

POLICY POLICY ADOPTIONADOPTION

POLICY POLICY ADOPTIONADOPTION

RISK ASSESSMENT

• VULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY

• EXPOSUREEXPOSURE

• EVENTEVENT

POLICY ASSESSMENT

• COSTCOST

• BENEFITBENEFIT

•CONSEQUENCESCONSEQUENCES

MOVING TOWARDS CYCLONE DISASTER MOVING TOWARDS CYCLONE DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

CYCLONESCYCLONESCYCLONESCYCLONES EXPECTED EXPECTED LOSSLOSS

EXPECTED EXPECTED LOSSLOSS

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.

CYCLONE PHALIN: GOPULPAR BEACHBAY OF BENGAL

500,000 EVACUATED

Some Safe Havens reported to be Unprepared

CYCLONE PHALIN”S IMPACT AREA

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

AT PRESENT, ONLY 9 DEATHS REPORTED