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Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana [a] (/ ˈ d ɑː n ə /) was a strong tropical cyclone which affected the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India. [2] The third cyclonic storm and second severe cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Dana formed from a low pressure area that the Indian Meteorological Department first monitored on October 20.
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, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. From the 1960s to the mid-2000s, 65% of global tropical cyclone fatalities were located in the Bay of Bengal. [2]
The 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It has been unreasonably less active in terms of formation of cyclonic storms. [ 1 ] The season has no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with the peak from May to Early November.
India’s eastern coasts have long been prone to cyclones, but the number of intense storms is increasing along the country’s coast. Last year was India’s deadliest cyclone season in recent ...
Cyclone Dana is expected to make a landfall in the next 24 hours [EPA] Authorities in India are evacuating nearly 1.5 million people from the path of an approaching cyclone in the eastern states ...
Bangladesh braces for impact from Cyclone Dana. Thursday 24 October 2024 10:58, Stuti Mishra. As Cyclone Dana churns over Bay of Bengal, both India and Bangladesh are on high alert, though the ...
Cyclone Aila near peak intensity on May A Severe Cyclonic Storm is a category used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to classify tropical cyclones, within the North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula .
Soon after, Cyclone Nivar brought high winds and heavy rain to South India, and it costed $600 million (2020 USD). Cyclone Burevi only brushed Kerala and Tamil Nadu, only bringing rain. Flooding occurred in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, inundating the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple. Crop damage also occurred in the area.