Tropical Cyclone BOB 03 - Oct 1994

The severe cyclonic storm that hit southeast India on 31 October 1994 with wind speed exceeding 125 km per hour whipped the flat coastline from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh to cuddlier south of Madras flooding low-lying areas and rendering thousands of people living in thatched huts homeless. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, communications disrupted and services of several suburban and long-distance trains had to be suspended. In Tamil Nadu state, 30 people were killed. State government organized rescue and relief operations, including food distribution to affected population and stocking of medicines in hospitals to take precautions against epidemics. Train and road transport services are meanwhile mostly restored. Heavy rains affected southern coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh on 1 - 3 November 1994 and claimed 93 lives. (UN DHA, 4 Nov 1994)

Following cyclonic storms and flooding, the death toll in Tamil Nadu has reached 54 and in Andhra Pradesh 154 according to information provided by the government focal point for national disaster management in India on 7 November 1994. […] Based on preliminary assessment reports, 93,000 families were evacuated from low-lying areas and 52,700 houses were damaged in Andhra Pradesh. 33,000 huts, 10 buildings and 12 bridges were totally destroyed in madras. 167 houses damaged in Karnataka. (UN DHA, 9 Nov 1994)