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HUDHUD 2014 IN NEPAL

 SEQUENCE OF PRESENTATION
• Introduction
• Aim
• Analysis of Hudhud
• Impact of Hudhud in India
• Hudhud in Nepal
• Impact
• Analysis of the Incident
• Rescue Effort
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
 Introduction

• Hudhud originated from a low pressure system that

formed under the influence of an upper air cyclonic
circulation in the Andaman Sea on October 6
 Contd….
• 6th October : Low pressure formed over Andaman Sea
• 8th October: intensified into a cyclonic storm
• 9th October: severe cyclonic storm
• 12th October: Hudhud reached its peak near
Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh.
• Speed of 185 km/h (115 mph)
• Minimum central pressure 960 mbar.
• Then it drifted to Uttar Pradesh and Nepal
• Caused rain and heavy snowfall
• Damages were estimated to be 219 billion
• Estimated 124 deaths
 AIM
• This prepared talk will try to analyze Hudhud
2014 in Nepal.
 Analysis of the Hudhud
• Low pressure was formed on the 6th October
• Upgraded to a depression by IMD on October
7; TCFA was issued
• 8th October JTWC started issuing its advisories
• 10th October JTWC classified as a Category 1
Tropical Cyclone
• 11th October Hudhud underwen rapid
intensification
MOVEMENT OF THE HUDHUD
 Impact of the Hudhud
• India: 35 teams were mobilized; 38 trains were cancelled
• Andaman and Nicobar Island: closed schools; cancelled ferry
services.
• Andhra Pradesh: 700,000 people were evacuated; 61 deaths;
219 billion damage
• Odisha: high alert; 2 people were killed
• Uttar Pradesh: 18 people were killed
 Hudhud in Nepal
• Resulted in snowstorm
• 43 people were declared death
• One of the worst trekking disaster
• Series of avalanches in Annapurna and
Dhaulagiri
• Electric power, cell phone and internet
connections failed in Manang
• Rescue process were run by the government
 Impact in Nepal
• Resulted in 43 dead
• 175 injured
• Criticized for not giving sufficient warning
• Those killed were the result of inexperience
• Various safety measures were taken after the
incident
• Survivor were left with severe frostbrite and
limbs were amputaed
 Analysis of the incident
• Disaster on Annapurna and Dhaulagiri
• Disaster in the trekking routes
• Attracts a range of tourists from around the
work for hiking.
 RESCUE EFFORT
• NA took Army helicopters for the rescue
• Rescuers had only limited resources
• It was difficult to rescue in the high altitude
RESCUE EFFORT BY NA
 CONCLUSION
• Severe weather was trigered
• In Nepal 43 people were killed by the Hudhud
• Mostly affected were in the trekking route of
Annapurna
 RECOMMENDATION
• Prior warning were made by Indian
government but Nepal should have proper
management
• Advance technology for rescue in the high
altitude should be adopted
THANK YOU !!!!