| 词条 | 1978 Sri Lanka cyclone |
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| Name= | Type=cyclone | Year=1978 | Basin=NIO | Image location=04B nov 23 1978 0853Z.jpg | Image name=Cyclone 04B at peak intensity | alt=Tropical Cyclone 04B on November 23, 1978 | Formed=November 19, 1978 | Dissipated=November 29, 1978 | 3-min winds=75 | 1-min winds=110 | Pressure=953 | Damages= | Fatalities=About 1000 died. | Areas=Eastern Province, Sri Lanka | Hurricane season=1978 North Indian Ocean cyclone season }} The 1978 cyclone in Eastern province (JTWC designation: 04B) was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Eastern province of Sri Lanka on November 23, 1978.[1] The cyclone was started at local time 6.30 pm and continued to next day morning and damaged the areas from Trincomalee to Arugam bay. In eastern province, Akkaraipattu, Ninthavur, Kalmunai, Kaluwanchikuddy, Pattiruppu, Chettipalayam, Thalankudah, Kattankudy, Batticaloa, Eravur and Kalkudah were most affected area due to cyclone’s vortex zone.[2] Due to the cyclone, approximately a thousand persons died, more than one million people affected, nearly 250,000 houses partially and completely damaged, 240 school buildings damaged, one fifth of Batticaloa's fishing fleet smashed up, 9 of the 11 paddy stores destroyed, 90 percent of the coconut plantation (28,000 odd acres of coconut plantation) in the Batticaloa district destroyed. Government had spent over LKR 600 million in order to response to the disaster. A post cyclone survey found that approximately 130 miles of electric cables were laid, so many religious building were destroyed or damaged. The cyclone resulted to people suffer without electricity, water and debris of fallen buildings, trees, etc.[3][4] TIROS-N was observation satellite during the disaster and it was able to inform and to capture images. Due to Sri Lanka being very unprotected, it is prone to US Millions of damage. [5] References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.duryognivaran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104:disaster-profile-sri-lanka&catid=35:country | title=Disaster Profile - Sri Lanka | accessdate=10 May 2014}} 2. ^{{cite book | title=12 மணி நேரம் (The 12 hours) | author=Neelavannan | year=1979 | location=Jaffna, Sri Lanka | pages=29}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.desinventar.lk/des_html/news_event/news_events.html|title=Disaster Information Management system in Sri Lanka|website=www.desinventar.lk}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/11/21/fea25.html|title=Batticaloa's blackest day|publisher=|access-date=2013-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120839/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/11/21/fea25.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|dead-url=yes|df=}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hirunews.lk/153304/unprotected-railway-gates-union-re-commences-trade-action|title=UNPROTECTED RAILWAY GATES UNION RE-COMMENCES TRADE UNION ACTION|publisher=}} External links
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