CASE STUDY- Cyclone Nargis

NATURE OF EVENT

• Formed over Bay of Bengal during last week of april 2008
• 28th april it strengthened to cyclone
• As it approached Burma it strengthened to category 4
• Hit Burma on 2nd may
• Winds speed 215kmh + storm surge 5m
• As it moved inland it down graded to a storm on 3rd may

WHERE WAS IMPACTED

• The irrawaddy delta in Burma was hit hardest because the cyclone hit it head on
• Large proportion only just above sea level and over 14000km of land was flooded
• Sri Lanka was affected by heavy rainfall which led to flooding and landslides

SOCIAL IMAPTCS

• More than 140,000 killed
• 450,000 houses destroyed 
• 2.5 million homeless
• 43% of fresh water ponds used as water source damaged by salt water
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