TSUNAMI IN INDIA AND TSUNAMI WALLS.pptVIP

TSUNAMI IN INDIA AND TSUNAMI WALLS LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1) TO KNOW THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF TSUNAMI IN INDIA AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT 2) WILL THE CONSTRUCTION OF TSUNAMI WALLS COST- EFFECTIVE FOR SMALL ISLAND COUNTRIES? PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES DISASTER PREPAREDNESS a) SECURING PRE-DISASTER BASE LINE DATA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE b) STUDYING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SIMILAR DISASTERS c) ESTABLISHING SURVEILLANCE CENTRES ENSUING THE COOPERATION OF LOCALS d) MAKING THE LOCALS AWARE OF THE IMPENDING DISASTERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT HISTORY OF INDIAN TSUNAMIS THE OLDEST RECORD OF TSUNAMI IS AVAILABLE FROM NOVEMBER 326 BC EARTHQUAKE NEAR THE INDUS DELTA/KUTCH REGION. THE EARLIEST RECORD OF TSUNAMI IS REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 1.5 METERS AT CHENNAI (FORMERLY MADRAS) WHICH WAS CREATED DUE TO THE AUGUST 8, 1883 KRAKATOA VOLCANIC EXPLOSION IN INDONESIA. HISTORY OF INDIAN TSUNAMIS AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 8.25 OCCURRED ABOUT 70 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF KARACHI (PAKISTAN) AT 24.5 N AND 63.0 E ON NOVEMBER 27, 1945. THIS CREATED A LARGE TSUNAMI OF ABOUT 11.0 TO 11.5 METERS HIGH ON THE COASTS OF INDIA IN THE KUTCHCH REGION, AS REPORTED BY PENDSE (1945). TSUNAMIGENIC COASTAL LINES THE APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF THE INDIAN COAST IS ABOUT 6000 KILOMETERS. THE COASTS RUN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND HAVE TWO ARMS IN THE EAST AND WEST WITH A TAPERING END AT KANYAKUMARI. THE TSUNAMIGENIC EARTHQUAKES OCCUR MOSTLY AT THE FOLLOWING THREE LOCATIONS; (1) THE ANDAMAN SEA, (2) AREA ABOUT 400-500 KILOMETERS OF SRI LANKA (CEYLON), (3) THE ARABIAN SEA ABOUT 70-100 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF PAKISTAN COAST -- OFF KARACHI AND BALUCHISTAN. IMPACT OF TSUNAMI IN INDIA Total death toll 9,675 Missing persons 6107 Tamilnadu 7941 Andaman Nicobar islands 1196 Pondichery 583 Kerala 170 Andhra