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Yemyin means Hippo in Burmese. The PMD referred to the deep depression as Tropical Cyclone Yemyin, the next name on the list at the time. [18] The IMD, the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for the North Indian Ocean, did not operationally upgrade or name the system due to intense Indo-Pakistani relations. [35]
The cyclone caused about $4.2 billion in damage (2007 USD) and 50 deaths in Oman, where the cyclone was considered the nation's worst natural disaster. Gonu dropped heavy rainfall near the eastern coastline, reaching up to 610 mm (24 in) which caused flooding and heavy damage.
Cyclone Yemyin making landfall in Balochistan province on 26 June 2007. Cyclones mostly hit the Sindh coast than the Balochistan coast in Pakistan. During the last 125 years a number of cyclonic storms have struck Pakistan's coastal areas. The years involved were 1895, 1902, 1907, 1944, 1948, 1964, 1985, 1999, 2007 and 2010.
1200 UTC — Depression BOB 03/2007 is upgraded to Deep Depression BOB 03/2007. [16] 1300 UTC — The PMD upgrades Deep Depression BOB 03/2007 to a severe cyclonic storm, naming it "Yemyin". However, the IMD does not follow suit at this time, leaving this storm operationally unnamed. It would be retroactively named Yemyin in post-analysis. [17 ...
The smallest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Ogni, which struck the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 30, 2008. The cyclone's diameter was only 100 km (62 mi). [36] The largest tropical cyclone was the 1999 Odisha Cyclone, which strike the coast of Odisha. [8] [37] The wettest tropical cyclone was Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 (2004). One of the ...
A cyclone barrelling towards southeast Africa for the last four days caused widespread devastation in Mayotte after it struck the French oversea region as the most powerful storm in 90 years.
Despite the high activity of weak storms during 2007, it was the first season to feature more than one Category 5 landfalling hurricane, a feat that would not be matched until ten years later. It produced 17 tropical cyclones , 15 tropical storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes.
A historic “bomb cyclone” has caused multiple deaths and mass power outages after slamming into Seattle, Washington, as it charts a destructive path through California and Oregon.