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Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean. The country is vulnerable to cyclones due to its position near the confluence of the Arabian Sea , the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. [ citation needed ]
Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 956 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
1978 Sri Lanka cyclone; 2000 Sri Lanka cyclone; 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone; 2016 Sri Lankan floods; B. Cyclone Burevi; C. Cyclones Mandous and ARB 03; F. Cyclone Fengal ...
The name Ondoy was assigned by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to three tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean. The name was retired from future use in the Philippine Area of Responsibility following the 2009 Pacific typhoon season , and replaced with " Odette " beginning in 2013.
Dates Peak intensity Areas affected Damage Deaths Refs Category Wind speed Pressure BOB 01: 30 January – 2 February: Depression: 45 km/h (30 mph) 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) Sri Lanka — 0: Mocha: 9–15 May: Extremely severe cyclonic storm: 215 km/h (130 mph) 938 hPa (27.70 inHg) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India ...
By 10 a.m. local time the following morning, the barometer picked up a steep fall in pressure indicative of a typhoon ahead. Just a few hours later, hurricane-force winds and gusts up to 140 mph ...
The following is a list of tropical cyclones by year. Since the year 957, there have been at least 12,791 recorded tropical or subtropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, which are known as basins. Collectively, tropical cyclones caused more than US$1.2 trillion in damage, unadjusted for inflation, and have killed more ...
In the wake of Nada, the schools in Tamil Nadu declared a two-day holiday, in order to be available as cyclone shelters. Heavy rainfall lashed southern India and Sri Lanka. Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu recorded 110 mm (4.3 in) rainfall within 24 hours on 2 December. Jaffna, Sri Lanka also reported 110 mm (4.3 in) of rainfall. Tirupati airport ...