Complete List of Cyclones hit Odisha Between 1737 and 2021

Let us know all the List of Cyclones hit Odisha. Odisha experiences regular cyclone in the month of October or May. Odisha and cyclones have a long history together. The majority of cyclonic formations in the Bay of Bengal hit land.

Prior to the 1999 Odisha Cyclone, which left a trail of destruction in its wake, the most recent cyclone about which precise information is available is that of October 1971 in the district of Balasore, which claimed 10,000 lives and displaced 10 lakhs people. Super cyclone in the year 1999 over 10,000 people were killed by the ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.

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List of Cyclones hit Odisha before 1971

1737 – Super Cyclone
1831 – Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
1846 – Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
1864 – Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
1885 – Super Cyclone
1942 – Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
1967 – Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
1971 – Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
1999 – Super cyclone that marked a turning point in disaster preparedness in Odisha.

Here are some of the deadliest cyclonic storms to have hit Odisha since 1999

Cyclones and Odisha go back a long way. The two are somewhat synonymous. Most of the cyclonic formations in the Bay of Bengal make a landfall in Odisha.

Before the 1999 Odisha Cyclone that left a trail of destruction behind it, the last cyclone about which there is some detailed information is that of October 1971 in the district of Balasore which claimed 10,000 lives and left 10 lakh people homeless.