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The strongest cyclone on record in the Bay of Bengal was a super cyclonic storm in 1999, which made landfall on Paradeep, Odisha, in October 1999, with winds of 260 km/h (160 mph). [91] The cyclone killed 9,887 people across Odisha, with 1.6 million houses damaged or destroyed. [93] Damage was estimated at US$1.5 billion. [94]
An extratropical cyclone is a synoptic scale low-pressure weather system that does not have tropical ... and their bases generally do not extend below 20,000 feet ...
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]
Cyclone Yaku is the only known tropical cyclone to have ever affected the Pacific side of South America on record, albeit its status as a tropical cyclone is unofficial. [citation needed] Although conditions are typically too hostile for many storms to hit the area from the South Atlantic Ocean, there have been a few tropical cyclones to affect ...
Until the start of the 1985–86 tropical cyclone season the basin only extended to 80°E, with the 10 degrees between 80 and 90E considered to be a part of the Australian region. [31] On average about 9 cyclones per year develop into tropical storms, while 5 of those go on to become tropical cyclones that are equivalent to a hurricane or a ...
A total of 16 cyclones are listed down below reaching/surpassing an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg), with most of them occurring during El Niño seasons. Tropical cyclones that have been recorded since the start of the 1969–70 Tropical Cyclone year and have reached their peak intensity to the west of 160E are included in the list.
Save the Children warned that up to 650,000 children and their families were in danger after Chido hit northern Mozambique. “Cyclone Chido is a catastrophe for children in northern Mozambique ...
A map of all tropical cyclone tracks, encompassing the period between the years 1985 and 2005. ... 2001 was the only known storm to ever hit the island state. It ...