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The storm moved through the country and dissipated on 5 May. [8] 13 May 1902 – A cyclonic storm struck the coast in the vicinity of Karachi. [9] 21 June 1906 – After moving across India, a storm crossed into Pakistan. [10] June 1907 – A tropical storm struck the coast near Karachi. [4] 3 September 1926 – A storm moved from Gujarat into ...
However, the IMD reassessed the second system to have reached cyclonic storm strength, and retroactively named it Yemyin. [1] Throughout three countries, 983 people were killed: 730 in Pakistan, 140 in India, and 113 in Afghanistan. In all, the storms wrought roughly $2.1 billion in damage in India and Pakistan. [2]
As the storm made landfall, it caused a 10-metre (33 ft) high storm surge at the Ganges Delta. [23] In the port at Chittagong, the storm tide peaked at about 4 m (13 ft) above the average sea level, 1.2 m (3.9 ft) of which was the storm surge. [10] Radio Pakistan reported that there were no survivors on the thirteen islands near Chittagong.
A tropical storm developing in the Arabian Sea prompted authorities to shut schools in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, on Friday, as weather forecasters warned fishermen not to venture out to sea.
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phet [a] (Thai pronunciation:) was a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall on Oman, Western India, and Pakistan. The third named cyclone of the 2010 cyclone season , Phet developed in the Arabian Sea on May 31 to the west of India.
Cyclonic Storm Gulab (/ ɡ uː ˈ l ə b /) and Severe Cyclonic Storm Shaheen (/ ʃ ə ˈ h iː n /) were two tropical cyclones that caused considerable damage to South and West Asia during the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Gulab impacted India and Pakistan, [1] [2] while Shaheen impacted Iran, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
May 2, 1901 – Curving northward, a storm passed just east of Oman before turning to the northeast and hitting Pakistan, producing high waves along the coast. [7] [41] November 2, 1906 – A tropical storm brushed the southern coast of Socotra. [42] May 26, 1911 – A severe cyclonic storm struck Oman south of Duqm. [13]
The category was historically used to classify all tropical cyclones with winds above 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph), however, it was bifurcated during 1988, when the IMD introduced a new category called Severe Cyclonic Storm with a core of hurricane winds. This new category was later further refined into Very Severe Cyclonic Storms, Extremely ...