Anemometer failed to read wind speed of Odisha super cyclone in 1999

The 1999 super cyclone centred over coastal areas of the state for three days was accompanied by torrential rain as a tidal surge of about 7 to 10 meter swept 40 to 50 km inland, it said.

The magnitude of the devastation was such that it came to be known as a ‘super cyclone'.

While the cyclonic storm heading for Odisha now originated from near the Andaman Islands in the sea, the 1999 super cyclone had also originated from about 550 km east of the same area as a depression.