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Detailed explanation-1: -The 1999 Odisha cyclone, also known as Cyclone 05B, and Paradip cyclone, was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and deadliest Indian storm since 1971. It struck the coast of Odisha with an height of in 1999 was 26 feet (8 meters).

Detailed explanation-2: -A rapidly-rotating storm system characterised by spiral arrangement of thunderstorms rains, a low-pressure centre, strong winds, is what is known as a super cyclone. They form over large bodies of warm water, deriving their energy from water evaporation from the surface of the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 29th October 1999, the Super Cyclone, also known as Paradip Cyclone, hit Odisha with wind speeds of up to 250 kmph.

Detailed explanation-4: -Super cyclone. A cyclonic disturbance in which maximum wind speed is 120 knots and above (222 km/h and above). Tropical cyclone. Generic term for a non frontal synoptic scale cyclone originating over tropical or subtropical waters with organized convection and definite cyclonic surface wind circulation.