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Encyclopedia > Tropical Cyclone 05B

Tropical Cyclone 05B struck the Indian state of Orissa on October 29, 1999. It left some 10,000 people dead and caused widespread damage. Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... October 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


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Tropical Cyclone 05B was the deadliest Indian Ocean tropical cyclone since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and deadliest Indian storm since 1971.
The storm continued to strengthen, and intensified to a cyclone on the 27th in the open Bay of Bengal.
On October 28, the cyclone rapidly intensified to a peak of 160 mph winds, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.
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