Severe Flooding in 4 States After Rain From Cyclone Gulab
Tropical Cyclone A
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
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In brief
- What happenedOdisha India’s National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) reported 179,829 people have been affected by Gulab across 1,274 villages in Odisha.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 317 · Displaced persons: 317 · Deaths: 46,075
- What help is neededResponse priorities should be confirmed in the linked source reports as needs change.
What changed
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Situation
Odisha India’s National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) reported 179,829 people have been affected by Gulab across 1,274 villages in Odisha. As of 28 September, 512 houses were damaged, with the worst damages reported in Koraput and Malkangiri districts. No fatalities were reported however. A total of 46,075 people ev
WorldsAid verification
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Verified figures
- Affected persons
- 317 retained at 2021-09-29
- Displaced persons
- 317 retained at 2021-09-29
- Deaths
- 46,075 retained at 2021-09-29
What we knew when
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