This document discusses several natural disasters that have caused significant damage in India, including the Malpa landslide, Gujarat cyclones, Bhuj earthquake, and Odisha cyclone. It also describes life in river deltas and the proposed interlinking of rivers project to better manage water resources across India. The document concludes with information about the natural disasters that regularly affect the state of Tamil Nadu, such as cyclones and floods, and the efforts of the Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation Department to strengthen disaster preparedness, response, and mitigation.

1. Natural Disaster and
Hazards
Class 11 D

2. Index
1.MALPA LANDSLIDE
2.GUJARAT CYCLONE
3.LIFE IN DELTA
4.BHUJ EARTHQUAKE
5.ODISHA CYCLONE
6.INTERLINKING RIVERS

3. Few disasters which caused a lot of
damage
● Malpa Landslide
● Gujarat cyclone
● Tsunami
● Bhuj or Latur earthquake

4. Mapla land slide
Main points of Malpa land slide
● Date of eruption:18/August/
1998
● These land slides wiped out
entire village of Malpa (village
in UK)
● Killed almost 221 people
● Protima Bedi the famous
Indian dancer also died
By Karanjot

5. Data of Malpa
Landslide

6. Gujarat Cyclone
By Yukti
Some important points about
Gujarat Cyclone
● There were two cyclones one in
2015 and another in 1998
● In 1998 atleast 10,000 people
died and almost 2000 missing
● In 2015 838 villages were
affected
● In both diasters there was high
damage to infrastructure

7. Map of Gujarat Cyclone
left hand side

8. Life in a Delta
By Jaspinder
❏ Deltas have high amount of
silt
❏ They are very fertile and have
good land quality
❏ The world largest delta is
Ganges - Brahmaputra delta in
India and Bangladesh

9. It is a unique natural resource of local,
state and national significance and
possesses a distinct natural,
agricultural and cultural heritage.
On left hand there is Sunderban
delta
Hooghly River Delta

10. Bhuj Earthquake
By Lavish
● It is also known as 2001
Gujarat earthquake
● occurred on 26 January,
India's 52nd Republic Day
● It's magnitude was 7.7
● Gujarat earthquake was
caused by movement on a
previously unknown
south-dipping fault
Some important points on Bhuj
Earthquake

11. ● 13,805–20,023 dead[
● (Deaths)
● 166,800 (injured)
● $7.5 billion(property
damage)

12. Odisha cyclone
● 1999 Odisha cyclone was
the most intense recorded
tropical cyclone in the
North Indian Ocean
● its primary effects were
felt in a localized area of
India,
● damaging around 1.6
million homes and causing
rivers to breach 20,005
flood embankments

13. The wind speed of the super cyclone was so high that the anemometer, a
device used for measuring wind speed, at the IMD office and at Paradip had
failed to record it
It is that's why known as SUPER CYCLONE
Diameter of cyclone: 200 km

15. Interlinking
Rivers
● large-scale civil engineering
project that aims to effectively
manage water resources in
India by linking Indian rivers
● Inter-link project has been split
into three parts
● project is being managed by
India's National Water
Development

16. Interlinking of
Mahanadi-Godavari-Krishna-Palar-Pennar-
Kaveri,
Interlinking of West Flowing Rivers, North
of Mumbai and South of Tapi,
Inter-linking of Ken with Chambal and.
Diversion of some water from West
Flowing Rivers.

17. ● The geographical setting of Tamil
Nadu makes the state vulnerable to
natural disasters such as cyclones
floods and earthquake-induced
tsunami
● About 8% of the state is affected by
five to six cyclones every year, of
which two to three are severe.
● Tamil Nadu is also subjected to
annual flooding, including flash
floods, cloudburst floods, monsoon
floods
● Revenue Administration, Disaster
Management and Mitigation Department
(RADMMD), is in the process of
strengthening disaster management
capacity in the State by providing access
to essential facilities, creating support
systems and building human capacities.
● To cope effectively with crisis and
emergency situations, the department
coordinates with the other State
departments,
● Department places equal importance on
preparedness, response and mitigation to
develop a robust disaster management
unit in the State
Tamil Nadu disasters and there efforts in disaster
management