Natural Disaster In Odisha. Yashobanta parida prakash kumar sahoo in recent times odisha has faced natural disasters like cyclones and floods coupled with the covid 19 pandemic. The odisha state disaster management authority osdma was established in 1999 much before the disaster management act was passed in 2005 and the national disaster management authority ndma.
The state has been declared as disaster affected for 95 years out of the last 105 years. The odisha state disaster management authority osdma was established in 1999 much before the disaster management act was passed in 2005 and the national disaster management authority ndma. So cyclone flood drought and earthquake are multiple natural disasters making odisha highly vulnerable and the state is facing huge financial loss due to such reoccurrence of the disasters.
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It also put odisha in the spotlight internationally because the super cyclone coincided with the tail end of the united nations international decade for natural disaster reduction i d n d r. Cyclone fani with wind speed of about 175 kilometres per hour was the second most powerful cyclone to have hit odisha. Nearly 50 people lost their lives due to it according to unofficial estimates. The state tried to curb the spread of covid 19 and took steps to resume economic activities.
