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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 ]
Upon formation, a Cyclone Alert was issued for Sri Lanka, South Tamil Nadu, and South Kerala. More than 75,000 people were evacuated ahead of the storm in Sri Lanka. In India, a red message was issued by the IMD. A red alert was also issued for parts of Kerala. In Sri Lanka, 57 houses were destroyed with 2,753 others being damaged.
The protesters claimed that the Government of Kerala was late in issuing warning to the fishermen on November 29, when the cyclone was in depression state near Sri Lanka. The Kerala Disaster Management Authority blamed the India Meteorological Department, claiming that they had only issued a fishing advisory, and not a warning. [69]
Cyclonic Storm Fengal was a deadly tropical cyclone that brought significant flooding and damage to Southern India and Sri Lanka. The fourth cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Fengal originated from a tropical disturbance off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on 14 November. It killed at least 37 people; 20 in India and ...
Although the impact of Cyclone Mocha on Sri Lanka was significantly reduced by its landfall between Bangladesh and Myanmar, seven people were injured, [18] another was reported missing, and nearly 2,000 people were affected in Southern Sri Lanka due to the cyclonic storm's indirect influence.
Cyclonic Storm Nisha (IMD designation: BOB 07, JTWC designation: 06B) was a fairly weak but catastrophic tropical cyclone that struck Sri Lanka, and India which killed over 200. It was the ninth tropical cyclone of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, and the seventh tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal that year.
India is also located within the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia. On average around 2 to 4 tropical cyclones impact India every year, while most of these tropical cyclones impact the east coast of Indian states of West Bengal , Odisha ...
2021 South India floods; Part of the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season: Date: 6 – 12 November 2021 (3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days) Location: India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh) Sri Lanka: Also known as: 2021 Tamil Nadu floods, India-Sri Lanka floods, Chennai floods: Type: Flood: Cause