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Table 4. Maximum possible storm surge amplitudes and total water levels (stormsurge plus wind waves) at selected locations on the east coast of India (forcomparison a few stations outside India are included). The hypotheticalstorm has a wind speed of 40 m sec-'. The classification in the lastcolumn is based on the total water level. A: 0 to 2 m, B: 2 to 5 m, C: >5m.Storm Surge +FavorableWind WaveWind Storm Surge (total level)Location Direction (m) in meters Classification.........................................................................................................................Dhanushkodi NNE 4.8 8.2 CRameSWaram SE 6.8 11.3 CPamban NNW 4.4 7.3 CDevipablam E 4.5 7.5 CAclirampalnam SSE 5.1 8.5 CPoint Calimere SSE 4.2 7.0 CNagapattinam E 1.5 2.5 BKarikal E 0.3 1.3 AMadras ENE 1.5 2.5 BNiZampaolam sw 4.5 7.4 CMouth of Krishna River SE 1.6 2.7 BNarasapur S 1.7 2.9 BSacramento Shoals SSE 1.4 2.3 B(outer sand banks)Kakinada (outer E 0.6 1 .o Asandbanks)Visakhapatnam SE 0.7 1.2 AKalingapatnam E 1.1 1.8 AGopalpur SE 0.9 1.5 AMouth of Devi River SE 0.8 1.3 AFalse Point SE 1.9 3.2 BBalasore SE 3 .O 5.0 CMouth of Hoogly River S 6.5 10.8 CMouth of Matla River S 5.0 8.4 CMouth of Baleswar River S 6.9 11.5 C(Bang-)Mouth of Meghna River SSE 8.0 13.4 C(Lakhichar Island, Bangladesh)Cox Bazar (Bangladesh) WSW 3.2 6.3 CMouth of Faaf River (Burma) SW 3.2 5.3 C224