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Article Contribution 1: 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone[edit]
- Took out the first reference in the article which was the International Disaster Database, because the link was not found and the reference was referring to the whole database and not the portion where the article was cited.
- Because the introduction was cited incorrectly, I had to take out the whole introduction from " The 1977 Andhra Pradehs cyclone...498.5 million."
- Removed a dead link in the Reference section, presents a 404 cannot find error page.
- Removed a dead link in the Reference section (AP Cyclone). Will not load the page.
- Added background information in the introduction and cited the source
- Added links to other Wikipedia related articles in the background (India, Andhra Prades, Orissa State, Cyclone, Disaster Management, etc)
- The aftermath information I provided evidence to the sentence before how the Indian government changed their policy towards disasters.
Background[edit]
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The 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone is considered India's first super cyclonic storm. The first storm mostly affected Andhra Prades in which approximately 10,000 were estimated to be killed by the storm. The second storm that had occurred on October 29th, had affected the eastern part of the Orissa state with winds up to 160mph and waves as high as 30 feet high. There is no accurate estimate how many fatalities were resulted from the second storm, but six districts were destroyed and 16 million local citizens were affected. [1]
Aftermath[edit]
The next cyclone (1990) that also occurred in Andhra Pradesh, showed that there was a large improvement in disaster management, effective warnings ahead of time, and better meteorological equipment which dramatically reduced the death rate (compared to the cyclone in 1977).[2]