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Meanwhile, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert at 15:00 UTC on May 22 on the developing system. [8] The system subsequently intensified into a deep depression at 15:00 UTC on May 23. [9] On the following day, at 02:30 UTC, the system further intensified into a cyclonic storm and was given the name Yaas by the IMD. [10]
Cyclone Yaas, packing winds of around 80-90 mph (130-140 km/h) and the equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins, crashed onshore over northeastern India ...
Cyclone Yaas churned closer to northeastern India on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of residents in the COVID-weary country fled their homes to find safety. The formable cyclone in the Bay of ...
Around a million people have been evacuated from low-lying areas on the east coast of India, The Times of India said on May 25, as Cyclone Yaas approached.This footage shows police in the state of ...
Coast: The cyclone crossed the coast of Backerganj (present Barisal) near Meghna estuary. Maximum wind: 220 km/h (119 knots) Surge height: 3–13.6 m (10–45 ft) According to Banglapedia, a cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali. [2] Casualty: about 200,000.
Later that month, BOB 02 formed and later strengthened into Cyclone Yaas. Yaas rapidly intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm before making landfall in northwestern Odisha. The season's strongest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Tauktae, with maximum wind speeds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 950 hPa (28.05 inHg).
At 09:00 UTC (14:30 IST), the JTWC downgraded the cyclone to a tropical storm, [34] but six hours later, the JTWC re-upgraded the system to a Category 1 tropical cyclone. [35] Between 19:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC (00:30 IST and 01:30 IST) on October 3, Shaheen made landfall over the northern Oman coast, [ 36 ] making it possibly the only cyclone to ...
June 6, 2007 – Cyclone Gonu made landfall in extreme eastern Oman near Ras al Hadd with winds of 150 km/h (90 mph), [7] [76] making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike the Arabian Peninsula. [12] The storm produced winds of 100 km/h (62 mph) in the capital Muscat, [13] with a peak gust of 180 km/h (110 mph) at Qalhat.