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Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: India’s Tropical Cyclone Hudhud
Abstract
On October 12, 2014, a massive tropical cyclone, Hudhud, lashed the coastal states of southern India, killing around 46 people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and the eastern state of Odisha. The cyclone had made landfall at Vishakapatnam (also known as Vizag), a port city in Andhra Pradesh, and some districts of Odisha. The cyclone had a devastating impact on the two states, damaging houses and crops, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes, and uprooting thousands of trees. With heavy destruction of basic infrastructure in the region, industrial production and business transactions were badly hit. The damage to cell phone towers, telephone lines, and electric poles also contributed to the communication blackout in both the states... |
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Issues
The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:
- Analyze how disaster preparedness and mitigation are crucial for handling disasters.
- Understand how to strengthen the resilience of local communities who face the risk of natural disasters through awareness raising and training.
- Understand how capacity of communities at risk and local humanitarian workers can be built through training and awareness raising activities for disaster risk reduction.
- Understand how rehabilitation can be linked to long-term sustainable development.
- Understand the significance of technology in improving disaster preparedness.
- Analyze how project management tools and techniques can be used to improve disaster preparedness and relief.
Keywords
Tropical cyclone, Hudhud, Vishakhapatnam, Indian Meteorological Department, National Disaster Management Authority, National Disaster Response Force, Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force, Disaster preparedness, Disaster risk mitigation, Cyclone shelters, Rescue and relief, Restoration,Economic losses
