Natural Calamities in Sundarbans (Year 1558 to 2010)

 

25.05.2009  Cyclone (Aila).

1558 to 1897

 

25.05.2009  Cyclone (Aila) – Homeless Family.

06.05.1558  5 hours cyclone – 5 lacs died
12.10.1688  Cyclone – 60,000 died at Sagar
17.09.1707  Cyclone, flood – 9,000 homeless
03.11.1737  Cyclone, earthquake – 317 died
02.04.1762  Cyclone, earthquake – 14 died
07.05.1810  Cyclone(both Bengal) -1025 died
22.11.1829  Earthquake – 1011 died
11.11.1842  Cyclone – 171 cattle died
05.05.1852  Cyclone – 171 died, also wildlife
14.05.1862  Cyclone – 3,064 animals died
05.10.1864  Cyclone – 1,037 died
01.11.1867  Cyclone – damage to crop
16.05.1869  Cyclone – 142 wildlife died
28.11.1871  Cyclone, flood - 6,000 homeless
31.10.1876  Cyclone - 602 died at Basanti
06.05.1882  Cyclone, flood – 938 untraceable
09.04.1890  Earthquake – 5,000 homeless
12.06.1897  Earthquake – 184 died

 

1900 to 2010

25.05.2009  Cyclone (Aila) – 32 died at Sundarban

06.11.1900  Cyclone – 217 died
17.05.1901  Cyclone – 698 died
21.05.1904  Cyclone (Tsunami) – 706 died
15.11.1907  Cyclone (Seder) – 706 died
09.11.1908  Cyclone (Nargis) – 68 died
17.10.1909  Cyclone  – 698 died, 70,654 cattle
24.09.1909   Cyclone  – 432 died
24.09.1917  Hurricane,--432 died, 28,029 cattle
1943-    44 - Panchas’r Manantar
09.05.1961  Cyclone (midnight)  – 11,468 died
11.05.1965  Cyclone – 32,000 homeless
01.10.1966  Cyclone – 206 animals died
10.09.1968  Cyclone – 32,000 homeless
28-30.11.1971 Cyclone – 708 died
08.10.1978  Cyclone, flood – 93 died
10.04.1981  Cyclone  – 22 died
29.11.1988 Cyclone -Hurricane – 100 died
26.10.1994  Cyclone, flood – 52 died
29.11.1998 Cyclone, earthquake – 16 died
22.05.2007 Cyclone, (Cider) – 2000 died
04.11.2008 Cyclone, (Nargis) – 150 diad
25.05.2009  Cyclone (Aila) – 32 died
17.04.2010  Cyclone (Laila) - 17 died

 

D) Sundarban is unique also in its vegetation called ‘mangrove forests’ means a community or association of trees / plants which can survive in sea water or swampy brackish water of tidal zones viz. around tropical seas, bays, deltas and in estuaries ( estuary = large river-mouth with tidal effect ).
Total Embankment :  in around sundarbans3,500 km, Damage in Alia (25th May 2009, 778 km). 178 km. washout and 600 km. seriously damage
Total main river: 8 [ Raimongal, Harinbhanga, Gowasaba, Matla, Thakuran, Saptamukhi, Muriganga and Hoogli ]