DISASTER

RESPONSE
FLOOD, DROUGHT, TSUNAMIS, EARTHQUAKE, CYCLONES
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING,AKTU
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
STUDIO -B /SEMIII

GROUP MEMBERS
ROSHAN KUMAR
UTKARSH ANAND
OJASWANI
NEHA GUPTA
PRATIKSHA
RAHUL KUMAR
SRISTHI SINGH
RUPALI
MAHENDRA
SHABAZ ALAM
 TSUNAMIS
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WATER WAVES CAUSED BY THE "DISPLACEMENT OF A LARGE
VOLUME OF A BODY OF WATER, TYPICALLY AN OCEAN OR A LARGE LAKE.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A TSUNAMI.
• TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF U P TO 400-500 MILES PER HOUR
•THE HEIGHT OF THE WAVE IS LESS IN THE DEEP WATER
BUT AS IT HITS THE SHALLOWER BEACHES ITS HEIGHT
CAN RISE UP TO 100FT.
•IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED WAVE, BUT IS A SERIES OF
WAVES WHICH CAUSES MORE DESTRUCTION
•TYPICAL WAVE PERIOD OF A TSUNAMI IS ABOUT 12
CAUSES
MINUTES
•UNDERWATER EARTHQUAKES.
•UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES
•UNDERWATER VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
•NUCLEAR DEVICE DETONATIONS UNDER THE SEA
•GLACIER CARVINGS
•METEORITE IMPACTS

SOURCE-naturalenergyhub.com/environmental-hazards/tsunami
MAJOR TSUNAMIS IN INDIA

KERALA FLOODS GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE

•YEAR: 2018 THE INDIAN OCEAN • YEAR 2001
•DEATH TOLL: 400 PLUS • AREAS AFFECTED: BHUJ,
TSUNAMI AHMEDABAD, GANDHINAGAR,
• YEAR: 2004
KUTCH, SURAT
KASHMIR FLOODS  • AREAS AFFECTED: PARTS OF
• DEATH TOLL: 20,000 PLUS
• YEAR: 2014 SOUTHERN INDIA AND 
• AREAS ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLANDS,
AFFECTED: SRINAGAR, ODISHA
SRI LANKA SUPER CYCLONE
BANDIPUR, RAJOURI ETC. • DEATH TOLL: 2 LAKH PLUS
• YEAR 1999
UTTARAKHAND
• DEATH TOLL: 500 PLUS • DEATH TOLL: 10,000 PLUS
FLASH FLOODS
• YEAR 2013
• AREAS AFFECTED:, 
UTTARAKHAND, HIMACHAL
PRADESH, WESTERN NEPAL
• DEATH TOLL: 5000 PLUS SOURCE-www.mapsofindia.com
TSUNAMI 2004, INDIA

• THE EARTHQUAKE AND RESULTING TSUNAMI IN THE

INDIAN OCEAN“ ON DECEMBER 26TH, 2004 HAD A
DEVASTATING EFFECT ON INDIA.
ACCORDING TO THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, ALMOST 11,000
PEOPLE DIED IN THE TSUNAMI AND OVER 5,000 ARE MISSING
AND FEARED"

“ALONG INDIA'S SOUTH EASTERN COAST, SEVERAL VILLAGES

WERE SWEPT AWAY, AND THOUSANDS OF FISHERMEN AT SEA
WERE MISSING."
INDIA’S MAINLAND , HARDEST HIT WAS THE STATE OF TAMIL
NADU .
THE SOUTHERN PENINSULAR REGION COMPRISING KERALA
AND PART OF TAMIL NADU ON THE WEST COAST AND THE
REST OF TAMILNADU REGION.
SOURCE-https://reliefweb.int › report › india-tsunami-report-nation
AREAS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS: THE TSUNAMI HIT

HARD THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR GROUP WHICH
COMPRISES OF A TOTAL OF 572 ISLANDS OF WHICH 38
WERE SIGNIFICANTLY INHABITED.THE WAVES LI
TERALLY WASHED AWAY SOME OF THESE ISLANDS.

KERALA: THE TSUNAMI KILLED MANY PEOPLE

(OFFICIAL TOLL 168) AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE
"DESTRUCTION PRUTICULARLY AT KALLAM (131DEAD).
PONDICHERRY: "PONDICHE1TY ( 107 DEAD), KARAIKAL
(453 DEAD). AN ESTIMATED 30,000 PEOPLE WERE
RENDERED HOMELESS .“

TAMIL NADU: THE OVERALL DEATH TOLL IN THE

SOURCE-https://reliefweb.int › report › india-tsunami-report-nation
STATE WAS 7,793. THE NAGAPATTI NAM DISTRICT HAD
5,525 CASUALTIES. THE LATEST REPORTED DEATH TOLL
 RESPONSE
• THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IMMEDIATELY GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE AFFECTED STATES AND LAUNCHED
RELIEF AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ON A SCALE WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE PAST.
• TWO AIRCRAFT – FOR RECONNAISSANCE AND RELIEF – WERE AIRBORNE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE
INFORMATION BEING RECEIVED.

• THE NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS ACTIVATED AND MET WITHIN THREE HOURS TO
REVIEW THE IMMEDIATE MEASURES WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN.
• THE STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH THE DISASTER WAS CLEARLY DEFINED - IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND RESPONSE; TO
BE FOLLOWED BY TEMPORARY REHABILITATION, SUSTENANCE TO THE AFFECTED FAMILIES AND REVIVAL OF
MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD.

• AN IMMEDIATE RESCUE OF THE TSUNAMI AFFECTED AREAS FROM ISLANDS TO MAINLAND WAS UNDERTAKEN
FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RELEASED RS.700 CRORE, FOR CARRYING OUT
IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND RESPONSE, TO THE AFFECTED STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES;
• WHICH INCLUDED RS.250 CRORE FOR TAMIL NADU
• , RS.100 CRORE FOR ANDHRA PRADESH
• MASSIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION WERE LAUNCHED WITH THE HELP OF THE ARMED FORCES. THESE WERE SUPPORTED BY THE
• , RS.100 CRORE FOR KERALA ,
CENTRAL PARA-MILITARY FORCES AND THE TWO MEDICAL FIRST RESPONDERS (MFR) SPECIALLY TRAINED TEAMS OF THE MINISTRY OF
HOME AFFAIRS. • RS.50 CRORE – FOR PONDICHERRY
• AND RS.200 CRORE FOR ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
• • IN. ALL, 20,907 PERSONNEL; 8,300 FROM ARMY, 5,500 FROM NAVY; 3000 FROM AIR FORCE; 2000 FROM COAST GUARD AND 2107 FROM CPMF
AND 40 SHIPS, 34 AIRCRAFTS AND 42 HELICOPTERS WERE DEPLOYED FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE. SUCH COORDINATED OPERATIONS ON
 RESPONSE AND RESCUE
A TOTAL OF 28,734 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED - 9500 FROM TAMIL NADU,
9950 FROM KERALA AND
9284 FROM A & N ISLANDS.
THEY HAD TO BE RESCUED INITIALLY BY HELICOPTERS AND THEREAFTER BY LARGE
BOATS. THE OPERATIONS CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
A TOTAL OF 6.47 LAKH PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED TO SAFER PLACES. THE MINISTRY OF
CIVIL AVIATION OPERATED 64 SPECIAL FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE 27TH DECEMBER AND THE
1ST OF JANUARY, 2005 TO EVACUATE 6,318 STRANDED PEOPLE INCLUDING TOURISTS FROM
• ARRAGEMENT OF CAMPS • ARRAGEMENT OF AMENTIES
THE A & N ISLANDS TO THE MAINLAND.
• A TOTAL OF 930 RELIEF CAMPS WERE SET UP TO HOUSE
6.04 LAKH PEOPLE. THE TOTAL SUPPLIES MOBILIZED AND
• ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR FOOD, DRINKING TRANSPORTED DURING THE EMERGENCY PHASE OF
WATER, CLOTHING, SANITATION AND MEDICAL RELIEF AND RESPONSE WERE TO THE EXTENT OF
ASSISTANCE IN THE RELIEF CAMPS 8,890 METRIC TONNE INCLUDING 6,830 METRIC
• ARRANGEMENTS WERE ALSO MADE FOR SPECIAL TONNE TO A & N ISLANDS. THIS INCLUDED 724 MT
NUTRITION FOR INFANTS (BABY FOOD). OF WATER; 742 MT OF FOOD STUFF, 260 MT OF
• PEOPLE CONTINUED IN THE RELIEF CAMPS FOR OVER TWO CLOTHING, OVER 10,000 TENTS; 715 GENERATORS;
MONTHS IN THE MAINLAND AND FOR ABOUT FIVE AND MEDICINES, PUMPSETS, BAILEY BRIDGES AND
TEAMS WHO CARRIED OPERATIONS

• THE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT AND

MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL DISASTER
MANAGEMENT DIVISION (NDMD) IN THE
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND INDIAN
METROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT WHICH WORKED
AROUND THE CLOCK.

• THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, THE NODAL

MINISTRY REMAINED IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH
ALL THE STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES AND
PRIORITIES FOR RELIEF AND RESPONSE WERE
SET AS PER THEIR REQUIREMENT AND THE
SITUATION ON GROUND.

• THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY THE INTEGRATED

DEFENCE STAFF (IDS) OPERATIONS ROOM OF THE
MINISTRY OF SOURCE-https://reliefweb.int/report/india/india-tsunami-report-nation
DEFENCE IN PROVIDING LOGISTIC