1964 Rameswaram cyclone

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Indian Ocean cyclone natural disaster tropical cyclone

The 1964 Rameswaram cyclone was a devastating tropical storm that struck southern India and Sri Lanka, causing massive destruction, thousands of deaths, and significant damage to infrastructure in the region.

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Label	Occurrences
1964 Rameswaram cyclone canonical	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian Ocean cyclone ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedCountry	India NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1964 Dhanushkodi cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ 1964 Rameswaram–Dhanushkodi cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ
basin	North Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
caused	building collapse ⓘ flooding ⓘ heavy rainfall ⓘ power supply disruption ⓘ railway damage ⓘ road infrastructure damage ⓘ storm surge ⓘ strong winds ⓘ telecommunication disruption ⓘ widespread destruction ⓘ
countryMostAffected	India NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
damaged	Pamban Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathTollApproximate	over 1800 people ⓘ thousands of people ⓘ
destroyed	Dhanushkodi town NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamban–Dhanushkodi rail track NERFINISHED ⓘ Rameswaram–Dhanushkodi railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissipatedIn	December 1964 ⓘ
formedIn	December 1964 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major disaster in the history of Tamil Nadu ⓘ one of the deadliest cyclones to strike southern India in the 20th century ⓘ
hitRegion	Dhanushkodi town NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Palk Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Rameswaram Island NERFINISHED ⓘ southern India ⓘ
impact	displacement of local population ⓘ massive destruction in Sri Lanka ⓘ massive destruction in southern India ⓘ significant damage to infrastructure ⓘ
landfallLocation	Dhanushkodi NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Rameswaram NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConsequence	abandonment of Dhanushkodi as a town ⓘ long-term disruption of transport links to Dhanushkodi ⓘ
partOf	history of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal ⓘ
relatedTo	Dhanushkodi railway accident ⓘ Pamban Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: 1964 Rameswaram cyclone
Description of subject: The 1964 Rameswaram cyclone was a devastating tropical storm that struck southern India and Sri Lanka, causing massive destruction, thousands of deaths, and significant damage to infrastructure in the region.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pamban Bridge → facedEvent → 1964 Rameswaram cyclone ⓘ

Pamban Bridge → damagedIn → 1964 Rameswaram cyclone ⓘ

Pamban Bridge → repairedAfter → 1964 Rameswaram cyclone ⓘ

Dhanushkodi Beach → historicalEvent → 1964 Rameswaram cyclone ⓘ

Dhanushkodi Beach → affectedBy → 1964 Rameswaram cyclone ⓘ