1. INTRODUCTION - India Environment Portal

Bengal and in the vicinity of Paradeep are presented in Table 3.5. It shows the
number of storms that have occurred during 1842-1995 covering the area 13-24°
N 76-99° E and within a radius of 200 km from Paradeep. The most destructive
element associated with an intense cyclone is storm surge. Past history indicates
that loss of life is significant when surge magnitude is 3 m or more.
MONTH
Table 3.4
Mean
wind
speed
km/hr
Monthly mean wind speed and wind direction sectors
(Ref: IMD Climatological Tables)
Number of days with wind
speed (km/hr)
62 or
more
20-
61
Percentage number of days wind from
1-19 0 N NE E SE S SW W N
W
Calm
JAN 0830
1730
FEB 0830
1730
MAR 0830
1730
APR 0830
1730
MAY 0830
1730
JUN 0830
1730
JUL 0830
1730
AUG 0830
1730
SEP 0830
1730
OCT 0830
1730
NOV 0830
1730
DEC 0830
1730
Mean 0830
1730
12.3 0
0
14.7 0
0
18.0 0
0
22.7 0
0
23.9 0
0
21.1 0
0
20.5 0
0
18.6 0
0
18.0 0
0
11.7 0
0
10.8 0
0
10.0 0
0
16.9 0
0
3
6
4
9
9
16
15
19
15
20
14
17
14
18
11
13
8
10
5
6
5
5
3
4
10.6
14.3
26
24
23
19
21
15
15
11
16
11
16
12
16
13
19
17
20
19
25
24
24
23
27
26
24.8
21.4
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1.1
0.8
53
15
26
6
11
5
1
0
1
1
3
2
2
1
5
2
8
2
29
10
56
22
75
25
23
8
11
20
13
7
4
1
1
0
2
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
9
12
12
29
12
35
6
10
(0830 & 1730-Time in IST)
3
21
4
19
1
7
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
5
4
5
6
8
18
5
14
1
21
3
10
2
15
4
22
3
9
6
5
9
12
9
9
3
4
6
10
10
13
6
16
2
11
0
8
5
11
3
17
13
33
27
44
37
45
40
41
27
32
16
24
20
29
22
34
10
23
3
10
1
7
18
28
5
7
16
12
36
32
49
48
41
42
41
41
47
53
29
36
26
28
11
12
3
6
0
2
25
27
6
1
9
1
7
1
3
1
4
0
9
6
22
12
21
12
18
7
11
4
5
1
2
1
10
4
15
4
12
0
8
1
1
0
1
0
4
2
4
2
11
5
7
4
13
2
13
2
9
0
8
2
2
0
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
0
1
3
3
3
1
5
0
1
2
0
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