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29th october 1999 ***
After 10 years of super cyclone that took thousands of lives,displacing lakhs of people.It is impossible in part of every Odia to forget the hillarious act of the super cyclone.
The cyclonic storm touching a wind speed of about 300 km per hour hung on for 36 hours unleashing its fury in 14 coastal districts Oct 29, 1999. Probably the worst cyclone in recent memory, it killed more than eight thousand people and destroyed about 3 lakh homes, according to official figures. The worst hit districts were Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur where some villages were completely wiped out.
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