In light of Tropical Cyclone Phailin, the Yale-Tulane ESF #8 Planning and Response Program has produced a special report. The Yale-Tulane ESF #8 Program is a multi-disciplinary, multi-center, graduate-level, program designed to produce ESF #8 planners and responders with standardized skill sets that are consistent with evolving public policy, technologies, and best practices. The group that produced this summary and analysis of the current situation are graduate students from Yale and Tulane Universities.

1. YALE/TULANE ESF-8 PLANNING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM SPECIAL REPORT
CYCLONE PHAILIN
BACKGROUND
AFFECTED AREA
SITUATION
WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL RESPONSE
IFRC
NGO
CONTACTS AND LINKS
15 OCTOBER 2013
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INDIA
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India Weather
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CIA World Fact Book
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Save the Children
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2. BACKGROUND
WHERE:
Odisha, India
WHEN: Cyclone made land fall 12 October 2013. Response and is on going
SITUATION: CYCLONE PHAILIN
Cyclone Phailin struck the Odisha coast, of India, off Gopalpur around 9.15
pm on Saturday , 12 October 2013, with winds raging at 200km an hour
whipping up a storm surge of a over 3 meters and inundating areas up to
half a kilometer inland.
Immediate needs: Potable water, provision for
sufficient food, sanitation and hygiene, shelter.
Rebuilding and rehabilitation, seeds and tools for
replanting as well as a program to re-establish livestock
are required for recovery.
Officials in Orissa said 873,000 people moved before the cyclone made
landfall, while at least another 100,000 were evacuated further south in the
state of Andhra Pradesh. Residents were also evacuated from coastal
regions of West Bengal state.
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are the two most affected states with many
districts severely affected.
Twelve districts are without power, water levels are rising dangerously in
some areas.
As emergency teams began assessing damage from the country's biggest
cyclone in 14 years, a massive relief effort went into full swing to distribute
food to an estimated one million evacuees, clear roads and help the injured.
Some 600,000 people were left homeless after the storm swept through
14,000 villages mainly in coastal districts.
DEAD: Confirmed dead – 27
NOTE: Early warnings were issued five days before the cyclone’s
arrival, emergency response teams, equipment, and food supplies were
pre-positioned, and nearly one million people in the storm’s path were
evacuated, which ultimately spared countless lives
PHOTO: NASA

3. AFFECTED AREA
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4. CURRENT SITUATION
IMPACT
•
The cyclone hit an area that is relatively high in
vulnerability, including rural areas where “thatched”
houses, mainly made of straw and mud, are common
shelters. The scale of damage to houses and
belongings, as well as future livelihoods, damaged field
crops, plantations, loss of stored food and agricultural
inputs, could be huge. Yet its full impact is still to be
assessed.
FLOODING:
•
Waters level in rivers Vamsadhara and Nagavalli are
expected to rise above the danger level.
•
TRAVEL: Travelling to the affected area has been constrained
by the halt of all air-flight and trains due to the cyclone, and
many highways along coastline were affected and closed.
Nearly 700,000 people in Odisha and Andhra Prahesh
state have been evacuated by the government with
active support from the local Red Cross branches. The
government set up evacuation centers in cyclone
shelters, schools and other public buildings.
•
Initial reports from Indian Red Cross Society show that
roughly 8 million people are affected, with about
200,000 rural houses partially or fully damaged due to
the cyclone and its accompanying rainfall and flooding.
•
•
Heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin triggered
floods in Odisha on Monday with over 250,000 people
being marooned in Balasore -- one of the two worst hit
districts along with Mayurbanj-- and several rivers were
in spate.
COMMUNICATIONS: Mobile communication has been
seriously disrupted in the affected area due to the storms.
This has complicated the emergency response.
In other areas like Srikakulam district, it is indicated that
with the increase in tide level, sea water has entered the
villages of
Vadapalem, Kotturu, Baruva, Edduvaripalem, Kotta, Kalin
gapatnam, Gabshiguda and Mogadalapadu, affecting at
least 2,300 people so far.
POWER: Power black outs continue from Ichchapuram to
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Palasa.
People stand in the overflowing waters of the Swarnrekha
River in Ghaghra, India, on October 14.

5. WEATHER
Gopalpur, India
Chance of
Precipitation
40%
Wednesday, 16
Chance of
Precipitation
20%
Thursday, 17
Chance of
Precipitation
40%
Friday18
Chance of
Precipitation
20%
Saturday, 19
Chance of
Precipitation
50%
Sunday, 20
90
90
88
88
88
| 77 °F
Chance of T-storms
| 77°F
Chance of T-storms
| 77°F
Chance of T-storms
The remains of Cyclone Phailin curved northwards after
moving inland across Orissa and across Bihar to Nepal. During
today (Monday) there have been torrential downpours over
Nepal and heavy snowfalls over the higher Himalayas with 100
to 150mm or more of precipitation in 24hrs.
Eventually the heavy precipitation will drain southwards in the
rivers flowing south, such as the Ganges, and may bring
flooding to areas seeing little of the heavy rain. The weather
over Orissa is now settled with just a few light showers near
the coast.
Warning for Jharkhand, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &
Sikkim
Heavy rainfall: Rainfall at most places with isolated heavy to very
heavy falls would occur over Bihar including Kosi and Gandak
river catchments during next 24 hour and over Sub-Himalayan
West Bengal & Sikkim including Teesta river catchment during
next 48 hours. Rainfall at many places would occur with isolated
heavy falls over north Jharkhand during next 12 hours
Bulletin No.: BOB 04/2013/42 Dated 14 OCT 13
Underground 14 October 2013
| 77 °F
Chance of T-storms
| 77 °F
Chance of T-storms
Chance of
Precipitation
40%
Monday, 21
Chance of
Precipitation
40%
Tuesday, 22
88
88
| 77 °F
Chance of T-storms
| 77 °F
Chance of T-storms

6. NATIONAL RESPONSE
•
•
Indian government actions through the Navy, Air Force, and
National Disaster Response Forces (NDRF), are ready for a relief
and rescue operation as soon as the cyclone hits the coast. More
than 1,600 personnel of the NDRF have been dispatched to
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Local authorities are also assisting the evacuation of 64,000
people (approximately 12,800 families) from low-lying areas in
north coastal Andhra districts. A total of 5,000 families are being
evacuated in Puri, with another 30,000 families scheduled for
evacuation.
ANDHRA PRADESH
• NDRF has saved 1000 people marooned at village
Dongur, ichhapuram Mandal in district Srikakulam and brought
them to safer places in NDRf boats.
• 40 persons from Srikakulam area and 16 peoples were rescued
from Kalingapatanam.
•
NDRF teams are continuing rescue and relief operation at
Srikakulam, Vijay nagram, East Godavari and west Godavari. Teams
have cleared 180 km roads by removing 1500 trees.
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ODISHA
• National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are continuing
rescue and relief operations. NDRF teams have cleared 910 kms of
road by removing 937 fallen trees. Apart from around 45 electric
poles were also cleared.
• Most of the important roads opened and made motorable by
NDRF.
SEARCH AND RESCUE
• Total 83 persons were rescued by NDRF teams from Kavitri
mandal, Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur.
• Total 950 persons were rescued by NDRF team from district
Balasore, Odosha.
• Total 150 persons evacuated and shifted to safer place from villPaikopara, district- Baripada.
• Total 49 persons evacuated and shifted to safer places from villAlipur & patharagara, district Ganjam
BIHAR AND JHARKHAND
• 3 NDRF teams are prepositioned at Supaul, Sitamarhi and
Darbhanga.
• 2 NDRF teams are prepositioned at Ranchi and Dhanbad.
• 2 Teams of NDRF are being sent to Patna from Ghaziabad Unit.

7. RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT ACTION
NATIONAL LEVEL
• An Emergency Control Room is set up at the Indian Red Cross
National Headquarters as the operations center.
• Joint IRCS/IFRC assessment team will be dispatched to Odisha
state, which is worst hit, by 14 October 2013.
• About 11,000 tarpaulins and one NOMAD water treatment unit are
being dispatched from the IRCS national warehouse to the affected
areas for immediately relief to the people evacuated.
• Some more tarpaulins will be mobilized from regional warehouses
ODISHA STATE
• Two SETA water treatment units have been prepositioned in the
capital of Odisha state - Bhubaneswar. These units will be managed
by IRCS National Disaster Water and Sanitation Response Team
(NDWRT).
• A preparedness meeting was held on 11 October 2013 at the
Odisha State Red Cross branch level. Response teams’ members including State Disaster Response Team (SDRT), District Disaster
Response Team (DDRT), and First Medical Responders (FMR) - are
positioned in areas with higher risks.
•
The IRCS Odisha state branch control room is opened and
maintaining a 24-hour monitoring.
• 75 Red Cross community cyclone shelters along coastal areas are
opened. These centers served as important bases for local villagers
as the government has called for evacuation along coastal areas to
minimize casualties.
ANDHRA PRADESH STATE
• The IRCS Andhra Pradesh state Red Cross branch’s
response teams, including SDRT, DDRT, and FMR, are all on
alert.
• A total of 62 First Medical Responders have been deployed
to the districts of Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam.
• Five teams comprising 39 trained Red Cross volunteers
SDRT/DDRT/CFMR/search and rescue & first aid teams)
have been deployed in Srikakulam district. The trained Red
Cross volunteer teams have been assisting the district
administration in evacuation and relief operations.
• 200 tarpaulins and 200 bed sheets prepositioned in
Srikakulam district, which is close to the community in
higher risks has been mobilized and distributed in
government evacuation center.
• As per orders issued by the Srikakulam district collector, 4
shelters have been allotted for the deployed Red Cross
volunteers in Itchapuram, Kalingapatnam, Gara and
Mogadalapadu villages
• In Vijayanagaram district, two teams comprising of 20
trained Red Cross volunteers (SDRT/DDRT/search and
rescue & first aid teams) have been deployed to Makkam
village located very close to sea to assist the district
administration in two relief camps.
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8. NGO
Save the Children emergency response teams are working with the government
and local partners to quickly assess the needs of children as Cyclone Phailin
continues to hit Odishia and other parts of eastern India.
OXFAM
•
Oxfam India’s staff will assess the situation as soon as possible. Oxfam
India has contingency stock on standby for deployment to address vital
water and sanitation needs and emergency shelter needs for over 30,000
people during the initial stage of the crisis.
•
Oxfam India will provide water, sanitation and shelter to initially 60,000
people affected by Cyclone Phailin.
•
Oxfam has a stock of water and sanitation (WASH) materials on standby
and ready for deployment.
•
In Odisha, Oxfam has WASH stocks for 2500 households and are moving
another 2000 hygiene and tarpaulin sets to the region. Chlorine tablets
and water purifiers are also being dispatched.
The biggest concern is the immediate future is the availability of potable water.
The Indian government is looking at improving laboratory testing near water
bodies to ensure additional outbreaks of vector-borne diseases can be
controlled.
CARE
India pre-positioned items like water, water purification
tablets, hygiene and survival kits, floor mats and solar lamps to respond
to the emergency. “
CARE has teams in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh who are assessing the
needs of affected people.
Direct Relief Emergency Response Team is activated and is in
communications with Indian partner organizations and has extended
offers of medical assistance. Staff already travelling to India for other
ongoing assistance activities with local partners and will adjust plans
accordingly to respond to this event.
ADRA has set up procurement channels with a number of local suppliers
in the state to facilitate rapid procurement of essential humanitarian
supplies, including water purification tablets, hygiene kits, tarpaulins
and food supply. Suppliers are on standby to deliver humanitarian
supplies as access to affected areas becomes possible and as needs and
gaps emerge.
ADRA is working with other agencies - among them ActionAid, Save the
Children, CARE, Oxfam, and UNICEF - to coordinate at the initial stage in
a rapid joint assessment process. Local churches and schools in the
region are being used as collection points for humanitarian supplies to
prepare for distribution. ADRA is also coordinating with the Odisha State
Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) regarding our presence and
response.
People hold each others' hands
and cross a water logged road as
they return to their respective
villages near Gopalpur, Orissa
state, India, Sunday, Oct.
13, 2013. India began sorting
through miles of wreckage on
Sunday after Cyclone Phailin
roared ashore, flooding towns
and villages and destroying tens
of thousands of thatch
homes, but officials said massive
evacuation efforts had spared
the east coast from widespread
loss of life. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

9. POINTS OF CONTRACT
National Disaster Management Authority
New Delhi control room: +91-11-26701728
Emergency Operation Centers - Odisha
Odisha State Disaster Management Authority: +91-6742395398 / +91-674-2395379
Balasore: +91-6782-262674
Bhadrak: +91-6784-251881
Cuttack: +91-6712-507842
Dhenkanal: +91-6762-221376
Gajapati: +91-6815-222943
Ganjam: +91-6811-263978
Jagatsinghpur: +91-6724-220368
Jajpur: +91-6728-222648
Kendrapara: +91-6727-232803
Keonjhar: +91-6766-255437
Khurda: +91-6755-220002
Mayurbhanj: +91-6792-252759
Nayagarh: +91-6753-252978
Puri: +91-6752-223237
http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/2013-phailin.html
Emergency Operation Centers - Andhra
Pradesh
Andhra: +91-40-23456005 / +91-40-23451043
East Godavari:Eluru: +91-8812-230617
Narasapur: +91-8814-276699Kovvur: +91-8813-231488
Jangareddygudem: +91-8821-223660
Guntur:+91-863-223490
Tenali: +91-8644-223800
Narasaraopet: +91-8647-222039
Gurazala: +91-8985920005
Hyderabad:+91-4023-456005+91-4023-451043
Nellore: +91-861-2331477
Nellore: 1800-425-2499
Srikakulam: +91-8942-240557
Srikakulam: +91-96528-38191
Visakhapatnam:+91-891-25629771800-425-00002
Paderu: +91-94928-48502
Vizianagaram:+91-8922-236947
Bhogapuram: +91-9440814722
Pusapatirega: +91-80083-01531