Cyclone Hudhud

Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud brought heavy rain and powerful winds in eastern India and snowstorms in Nepal in October 2014. Hudhud originated from a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal and strengthened into a cyclone on October 8, receiving the name Hudhud. It made its first landfall on Long Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands before re-emerging into the Bay of Bengal on 9 October. Amid favorable conditions, Hudhud underwent rapid intensification, making landfall on Visakhapatnam on 12 October at peak intensity with a minimum central pressure of 950 mbar (28 inHg). Hudhud weakened inland, degenerating into a low-pressure area over Uttar Pradesh on 14 October. It then merged with a trough over the Himalayas.

During Hudhud's landfall, strong winds shattered glass, uprooted trees and poles, and threw debris across roads. In Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, 730,000 residents were moved to relief camps or shelters following the cyclone, and thousands of homes and crops suffered damage. In Nepal, Hudhud's remnants caused a snowstorm disaster which killed 43 and injured hundreds more, with most of the casualties coming from Mount Annapurna.

In the aftermath of Hudhud, special response forces mounted relief efforts across the affected states, with the state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha requesting a combined total of ₹27,771,200,000 (US$455.05 million) in aid. A joint military operation named Lehar ("wave"), led by the Indian Navy, saw various branches of the military deploying and readying response teams and vehicles. Hudhud caused a combined total of 116 deaths and $11 billion (2014 USD) in damage across India and Nepal.