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The 1999 Super Cyclone changed Odisha forever. From inadequate preparedness and limited evacuation capacity, the state has built a disaster-management system based on early warnings, cyclone shelters, specialised response forces, community…

For the people of Odisha, cyclone are not just any random weather events. They are memories, fears, warnings and lessons passed from one generation to other. In the coastal villages of Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Kendrapara, Ganjam and Balasore,…