Page 28 - Insurance Times June 2019

- Cyclone Trevor in North eastern Australia, since 12th Lockhart River area experienced was severely damaged as
March. well.
- Cyclone Idai in South western Africa between 12th
The aerodromes in the area were inundated as Lockhart
and13th Marchs.
River experienced heavy floods.
- Cyclone Fani is in the Bay of Bengal during the last week
of April. Cyclone Veronica:
The Northwestern Australia was heavily impacted by violent
Cyclone Bomb: Cyclone Veronica disrupting life and properties in the coastal
towns and cities, and the interior infrastructures were
Northeastern USA's vast areas from the Great Lake to the
damaged. The wind speed was rapidly increasing with
Great Plains were under the devastating impacts of Cyclone
Category 3 levels of the stormy winds with heavy showers.
Bomb along with rainstorms, melting snow, ice jams,
inundation and floods caused by violent floods with gusts
BLNS of Dollars of losses are bound to be there for insurers
of winds of more than 65 knoticle miles per hour.
and reinsurers.
From Northern New England icy regions to New York and
Cyclone FANI:
Maine, the category 3 storm was surging into higher
The tropical Cyclone FANI was intensifying between category
categories with increasing speed of winds.
3 and 5 and it moved towards the costs of Odisha impacting
the town of Puri and the Paradip Port from the southern
Enormous losses were bound to be there for loss of lives
Tamilnadu.
and property damages rose up Billions of US$.
The ONGC had taken preventive measures and 480
The occurrence of the event was progressive over a vast
employees from operating Oil Rigs in the Bay of Bengal have
area of Great Lake to Great Plains. Such a widespread event
been evacuated. Millions of people from villages on the
of Natural Catastrophe was of a unique kind and it involved
coastal regions have been evacuated to prevent loss of lives.
BLNS of US$ losses across all the regions.
Technologies To Assess Damages Caused
Australian Events of Cyclones:-
by Storms:-
The BOM - The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia gives
The Natural Catastrophes of Storms as Acts of God Perils,
daily reports of Tropical Cyclones with warning services of
there are very accurate monitoring of Storms through
following types:
satellites for which increasing and /or decreasing wind
- Seasonal outlook of Cyclones
speed as well as routes of Storms can be precisely predicted.
- Infrastructure Bulletin
The Acts of God Perils of Storms are given different names
- Cyclone with Rainstorms and Flooding
in different regions as under:
- Cyclone Routes with Satellite Tracking maps.
Locations Names
- Predictions of Cyclones with Warning Systems and
1. West Indies And Florida Hurricanes
- Maritime Warnings to Ships at Seas.
2. Philippines, China and Japan Typhoons
Between 12th to 13th March, Northeastern Australia was 3. Bay of Bengal And Arabian Sea.
impacted by Cyclone Trevor and the Northwestern Australia Madagascar and Eastern
Coast of Africa Cyclones
by Cyclone Veronica.
4. Northwestern Coast of Australia Welly - Wellies
Cyclone Trevor occurred in Cape York Peninsula. The
5 USA - Mexico Tornado
Cyclone's wind speed rapidly increased and had impact
damage on coastal towns of Queensland with a wind speed
A Beaufort Scale:-
of 200kms per hour.
This technology is named after Sir Francis Beaufort who
Trees and power lines across the Cape York were uprooted.
Power supply to towns was severely affected and the

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