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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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
#Mawar now up to 150 knots (175 mph) per latest JTWC advisory. Best I can tell, that's the planet's strongest #tropical cyclone (by est'd wind speed, with all usual caveats) since Dec. 2021 (ST ...
Within the basin a very severe cyclonic storm is defined as a tropical cyclone that has 3-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds of between 64–89 knots (119–165 km/h; 74–102 mph). The category was introduced alongside the Super Cyclonic Storm category during 1999 in order to replace the previously used Severe Cyclonic Storm with Core ...
SAINT-PAUL, Reunion (AP) — Mauritius lifted its highest weather alert and eased a nationwide curfew Tuesday after a deadly cyclone battered the Indian Ocean island, causing heavy flooding and ...