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1996 CE · disaster

A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India

A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India. The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2,000 people die. 95 percent of the crops are completely destroyed.

A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India: Track map of the 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone (Cyclone 07B); a later scientific reconstruction of storm movement, not storm-damage photography.
Track map of the 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone (Cyclone 07B); a later scientific reconstruction of storm movement, not storm-damage photography. · Credit: NilfaBot, storm-track reconstruction from JTWC storm records · License: Public domain

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