India: Cyclone - Dec 1993
Disaster description
On 4 December 1993, a severe cyclone hit southern India causing extensive damage in Tamil Nadu and in Karaikal region of Pondicherry. Electrical and telecommunication poles and hundreds of trees uprooted, disrupting road and rail traffic and communication links. Torrential rains continue to lash the affected area. As of 6 December, at least 54 people reported dead and 30,000 houses damaged. Some 60,000 affected people camping in public shelters. (UN DHA, 6 Dec 1993)
Number of deaths went up to 61. While several thousand people camping in schools and temples, some 12,000 being still rescued from inaccessible areas. 13,131 houses reported damaged in Tamil Nadu and 20,000 in Karaikal region. Crop losses: 35,685 hectares in Tamil Nadu, 5,735 in Karaikal. (UN DHA, 7 Dec 1993)