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In its latest update, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) says cyclone Biparjoy is now just 120kms away from India’s Jakhua Port where it is supposed to make landfall later today.
The army was also involved in relief efforts in the state which was hit in last year by cyclone Biparjoy, damaging infrastructure and leading to the evacuation of more than 180,000 people.
Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The ...
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.
The 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It was above-average in terms of depressions and average in terms of formation of cyclonic storms. [1] Seasons have no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with the peak from May to Early November.
Satellite image of the 1999 Odisha cyclone making landfall on eastern India as one of the most intense tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean. Super cyclonic storm is the highest 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.
Dana pounded some districts in Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal state with heavy downpours as gusty winds brought down trees
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.