Disasters in cuddalore- historic information

Cuddalore has always been classified as a multi-hazard prone district. Cyclones and floods have wreaked havoc in the District several times in the past few centuries. The District also falls within the zone-3 with respect to earthquakes. A part of the problem owes its enesis to the location of the district. The District has a lon coastline of !".! #$. Therefore the district is vulnerable to the cyclonic depressions and the resultant rains which causes floods %ike the rest of the shore of the bay of &en al cuddalore had been prone to cyclone. The hurricane of April '3('")* wrecked three vessels between Cuddalore and pondicherry .+even hundred and fifty men lost their lives. A cyclone in December '",- caused dama e to the si. ships in the /ondicherry road. There were violent storms on the coast in '"!0. '"1). '"*!. '1-1. '10-. '1!'. '1)-. '1)0.'1!3. '1"' and '1"). 2n the storm of '1!3 seven vessels were wrecked between Cuddalore and /ortnovo There were hi h floods in the 3adilam in 1864 and in /ennayar in 1874. 4f these floods the flood of '11) was the worst. 2n '11)( rivers /ennayar and 3adilam were united due to heavy flood. Their waters swept throu h the town for twenty four hours. 5The current tore across the plain round which the offices stand to a depth of five feet( and a youth narrowly escaped drownin close to the 4ld time un there. Thus the floods were the source of de-urbanization of Cuddalore in the '*th century 2n the year 0--) the District witnessed a severe drou ht in may( floods in 4ctober and then in December 6the tsunami. The e.cessive rainfall and unprecedented floods durin 0--! left a trail of devastation. +tandin crops over "-("1) hectares were dama ed( thus affectin '('!(,0' small and mar inal farmers( and 1(!3" bi farmers. 7ffects of T8A97 $ore than ten million trees were uprooted and remainin trees were left with not even sin le leaf which is oin to result very hot summer and severe environmental impact in comin years in cuddalore district %ush reen wild rasses in community lands were main sources for razin for the livestock. After cyclone of '3- to ')- km speed complete ve etation both in open land and trees were lost. This will result in reduced milk and meat production %ivestock loss was mainly due to wall collapse and 7lectrocution.2n few places sheep which were kept in open area without shelter died due to direct e.posure to hi h velocity cyclone 2 have documented some of works carried out and observations made immediately after Tsunami which is available in the followin link www.slideshare.net/Rammurthy/finaldisaster-presentation.