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Table 2.4 Some major disasters in India
S. No. Name of Event Year
State & Area
Fatalities
1
Heat wave
May–June
2019
Bihar
>184
2
Cyclone Fani
May 2019 Odisha
89
3
Flood
September
2019
Pune, Maharashtra
21
4
Flood
August
Kerala
101
5
Flood
August
2019
Karnataka
61
6
Flood
July 2019 North Bihar
130
7
Flood
August
2018
Kerala
>483
8
Dust Storm
May 2018 North India
125
9
Very Severe
Cyclonic Storm
Ockhi
December
2017
Lakshadweep
218
10
Flood
August
2017
West Bengal and Jharkhand 58
11
Flood
August
2017
North Bihar
514
12
Flood
June–July
2017
Gujarat
224
13
Cold wave
January
2017
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu
and Kashmir, Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh.
40
14
Heat wave
April–May
2016
Rajasthan
>160
15
Earthquake
January
2016
Manipur
11
16
Flood
July 2015 Gujarat
72
17
Cyclone
June 2015 Gujarat
81
18
Floods
October
2014
Jammu and Kashmir
300
19
Cyclone
HudHud
September
2014
Andhra Pradesh and Odisha 22 (in Hyderabad)
20
Odisha Floods October
2013
Odisha
21
21
Andhra Floods October
2013
Andhra Pradesh
53
22
Cyclone Phailin October
2013
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh 23
23
Floods/
Landslides
June 2013 Uttarakhand and Himachal
Pradesh
4094
24
Cyclone
Mahasen
May 2013 Tamil Nadu
08
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