Impact Cyclone Komen

1 impact

1.1 bangladesh
1.2 india
1.3 myanmar

impact

for several days, komen dropped heavy rainfall across northern bay of bengal , onto adjacent coastlines of northwestern myanmar, bangladesh, , eastern india. southeast quadrant produced heavy rainfall, resulting in peak rainfall of 840 mm (33 in) in paletwa, myanmar; country experienced record rainfall totals during july , august 2015 in locations.

bangladesh

moving ashore bangladesh, komen accompanied storm surge of 1 2 m (3.3 6.6 ft) affected chittagong, while flooding rains caused landslides.gladesh, station @ teknaf upazila briefly recorded winds of 100 km/h (65 mph) on july 30. chittagong in southeastern bangladesh recorded on 800 mm (31 in) of rainfall on 3 days, , on 1,000 mm (39 in) in cox s bazar on ten days. rough seas killed 2 people off cox s bazar when boat capsized. rain-induced landslides killed 5 people in cox s bazar, , 2 others died in town due flooding. storm damaged 88,900 houses across bangladesh, including hundreds of fishermen huts. trees knocked onto houses killed @ least 3 people in separate instances. flooding submerged @ least 145,000 ha (360,000 acres) of crops @ least week after komen struck country. komen killed 45 people in bangladesh – 21 in cox s bazar , 7 in bandarban district – of whom due illnesses spread storm. 220,000 residencies required form of assistance after storm, cover lack of food.

india

india, rainfall peaked @ 520 mm (20 in) in harinkhola, west bengal, after storm moved inland , tracked westward. komen s rainfall in india compounded upon previous floods; heavy rainfall storm occurred while rivers , dams overflowing. rainfall produced landslide in manipur state in extreme eastern india, killing 20 people. storm moved west bengal, killed 10,088 livestock while affecting millions of residents. komen damaged 368,238 houses , destroyed 107,808. across state, storm killed 83 people, related lightning , snakebites. flooding covered portion of national highway 60 in neighboring odisha state. indian government utilized 121 rescue boats assist stranded residents.

myanmar

across northwestern myanmar, komen brought additional rainfall after weeks of monsoonal flooding. ref> in extreme northwestern myanmar, maungdaw recorded winds of 124 km/h (77 mph), possibly during passing squall. nearby sittwe recorded winds of 107 km/h (67 mph). torrential rainfall, reaching 150 mm (5.9 in) per hour, caused flooding , landslides. in chin state northeast of tonzang, komen resulted in 3 landslides, including 1 along mountain slope moved 395 million tons of ground @ speed of 180 km/h (112 mph); landslide 5.9 km (3.6 mi) in length, 1 of largest worldwide in decade unrelated earthquake, , faster moving landslide normal. flooding after komen s passage considered worst disaster in myanmar since cyclone nargis in 2008, , according government, possibly worst flooding in century. 1.7 million people had temporarily evacuate.

water levels reached top of buildings, displaced residents , restricted travel boat , helicopter. floods komen caused further damage houses , roads. floods covered crop fields mud , silt, particularly in valleys. end of july 2015, on 1,400,000 acres (570,000 ha) of farmlands inundated, of 667,221 acres (270,000 ha) of planted crops damaged, rice paddy. 236,000 chickens killed, , there lower losses other livestock. in sittwe, flooding , winds damaged 6 shelters , camps, 100,000 people residing during storm. shelters sustained damage latrines , learning centers, necessitating use of tarps ride out floods. town of kalay isolated floods , reachable air travel.

flooding komen worst in rakhine state, water distribution contaminated, , entire towns largely destroyed. waters started recede august 4, allowing residents return home; september 2015, of displaced residents nationwide had returned home. high winds in lailenpi within chin state damaged school , training center community health workers. 4 schools damaged nationwide komen alone. storm , preceding floods damaged 490,000 houses , destroyed 21,000, causing 132 deaths, @ least 55 of whom in rakhine state. komen directly responsible @ least 39 deaths in country.