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Whirlwind of Disaster

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1998

Unheeded Death Knell

Jayantibha­i, his family and 28 others clambered onto the roof of his house near the salt pans of Gujarat’s Kandla to escape tides surging as high as 20 ft. Just then, a large swirl struck his home and it crumbled. As Jayantibha­i clung to a pillar, he watched with horror as his two daughters, his wife and everyone else were dragged into the roiling waters. INDIATODAY, JUNE 22, 1998

1999

The Day Hope Died

Khirode Swain had no chance. On the evening of October 29 he ventured out into 290 kmph killer winds. India’s most devastatin­g cyclone was making landfall at Paradip in Odisha. Swain tried leaving his shelter in a concrete school building to visit his one-room tenement to check his belongings. Like uncounted thousands, he was swept away by a surge of ocean water pulled inland by the cyclone. INDIATODAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1999

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BODIES PILED UP FOR CREMATION AT PARADIP BEACH

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