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Very severe cyclonic storm “Gaja” and its impact off the Tamil Nadu coastline

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Title Very severe cyclonic storm “Gaja” and its impact off the Tamil Nadu coastline
 
Creator Salim, S S
S, Monolisha
 
Subject Disaster
Gaja
Impact
Management
Socio-economics
 
Description 671-679
This paper presents an overview of the Gaja – a very severe cyclonic storm that battered thousands of lives in Cauvery
delta regions of Tamil Nadu. The cyclone originated from the Gulf of Thailand on 5th November 2018 and gradually turned
into a very severe cyclonic storm that made a landfall at Tamil Nadu coast on 15th November 2018. Nagapattinam was one
of the most affected coastal districts, which endured extensive damage due to coastal flood and wind-rose to about 120
kmph. The current study was focused on the impact assessments of the co-operative society members. The statistical chisquare
distribution was calculated to substantiate the significant relationships between the physical attributes, socioeconomic
conditions and level of vulnerability to the coastal communities affected by the cyclone. The major findings of the
study reveals that the human vulnerability is highly significant to the physical attributes and socio-economic factors such as
mean sea level, distance of house-holds from the shore-line, house type, income and education. The study suggests that the
policy managers should proactively consider all the identified variables homogeneously to proficiently improvise the
disaster management, preparedness; adaptation and mitigation measures to efficiently conserve the resources from
vulnerable hazards.
 
Date 2022-11-24T05:52:57Z
2022-11-24T05:52:57Z
2022-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60917
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v51i08.68866
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJMS Vol.51(08) [August 2022]