Impact of Cyclone Thane

Dr.D.Ramamurthy.B.V.Sc,M.B.A Assistant Director of Animal husbandry, Animal Disease Intelli ence !nit,Cuddalore

Cuddalore has al"ays been classified as a multi#ha$ard prone district. Cyclones and floods ha%e "rea&ed ha%oc in the District se%eral times in the past fe" centuries. The District also falls "ithin the $one#' "ith respect to earth(ua&es. A part of the problem o"es its enesis to the location of the district. The District has a lon coastline of )*.) +M. Therefore the district is %ulnerable to the cyclonic depressions and the resultant rains "hich causes floods ,i&e the rest of the shore of the bay of Ben al . Cuddalore had been prone to cyclone. The hurricane of April -',-*./ "rec&ed three %essels bet"een Cuddalore and pondicherry .Se%en hundred and fifty men lost their li%es. A cyclone in December -*01 caused dama e to the si2 ships in the 3ondicherry road. There "ere %iolent storms on the coast in -*)4. -*5.. -*/). -515. -541. -5)-. -5.1. -5.4.-5)'. -5*- and -5*.. In the storm of -5)' se%en %essels "ere "rec&ed bet"een Cuddalore and 3ortno%o There "ere hi h floods in the 6adilam in 1864 and in 3ennayar in 1874. 7f these floods the flood of -55. "as the "orst. In -55., ri%ers 3ennayar and 6adilam "ere united due to hea%y flood. Their "aters s"ept throu h the to"n for t"enty four hours. 8The current tore across the plain round "hich the offices stand to a depth of fi%e feet, and a youth narro"ly escaped dro"nin close to the 7ld time un there. Thus the floods "ere the source of de#urbani$ation of Cuddalore in the -/th century In the year 411. the District "itnessed a se%ere drou ht in may, floods in 7ctober and then in December 9the tsunami. The e2cessi%e rainfall and unprecedented floods durin 411) left a trail of de%astation. Standin crops o%er *1,*5. hectares "ere dama ed, thus affectin -,-),04- small and mar inal farmers, and 5,)'* bi farmers.

Cyclone Thane
A %ery se%ere cyclonic storm Thane named by Mianmar:Burma; "as stron est tropical cyclone of 41-- "ithin north of Indian ocean. Thane initially de%eloped as tropical disturbance "ithin the monsoon trou h to the "est of Indonesia. 7%er ne2t couple of days the disturbance radually de%eloped further "hile mo%in to"ards north "estand declared depression durin December 45 before bein declared cyclonic storm durin ne2t day.Thane then made landfall early on December '1 bet"een cuddalore and pondicherry <ffects of T=A>< More than ten million trees "ere uprooted and remainin trees "ere left "ith not e%en sin le leaf "hich is oin to result %ery hot summer and se%ere en%ironmental impact in comin years in cuddalore district

,ush reen "ild rasses in community lands "ere main sources for ra$in for the li%estoc&. After cyclone of -'1 to -.1 &m speed complete %e etation both in open land and trees "ere lost. This "ill result in reduced mil& and meat production ,i%estoc& loss "as mainly due to "all collapse and <lectrocution.In fe" places sheep "hich "ere &ept in open area "ithout shelter died due to direct e2posure to hi h %elocity cyclone.poultry farmin "as lar ely hit as sheds "ere completely dama ed