In 1999, the worst Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone strikes Odisha, India, killing 9,885 people and reaching wind speeds of 300 miles per hour.
On October 29, 1999, a super cyclone with winds of 300 mph hit Odisha, causing what was perhaps the worst cyclonic tragedy in the previous century. The super cyclone's wind speed was so high that the anemometer, a device used to measure wind speed, at the IMD headquarters and at Paradip failed to register it. Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, and Ganjam coastal districts were compelled to evacuate.
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