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Cyclone Freddy: Important Facts About the Deadly Tropical Cyclone

In February and March 2023, the world witnessed the remarkable persistence of a tropical cyclone named Freddy. The...

📅 March 16, 2023

What are Medicanes?

The Mediterranean hurricanes are called medicanes. The scientists have recently warned that these hurricanes have now become more...

📅 September 22, 2020

New List of Names for Tropical Cyclones in North Indian Ocean Released

A new list of 169 names for tropical cyclones in the North Indian Ocean has been released by...

📅 April 30, 2020

Cyclone Kyarr becomes first Super Cyclonic storm in Arabian Sea in last 12 years

Super Cyclonic Storm Kyarr, after a trail of destruction in Goa, moved away from the West Coast, with...

📅 October 28, 2019

Typhoon ‘Mitag’ approaches Northern Taiwan

Rapidly-moving Typhoon ‘Mitag’ is bearing down on northern Taiwan, where it is expected to bring high winds and...

📅 October 1, 2019

Tropical Storm Imelda causes Havoc

Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Imelda deluged parts of Texas and Louisiana of the US. The Imelda storm system...

📅 September 21, 2019

Hurricane Dorian

The Hurricane Dorian has hit part of the Caribbean and Southern United States causing widespread destruction in path....

📅 September 3, 2019

Tropical Storm Barry hits Louisiana in US and entire Gulf coast

After making landfall along central Louisiana coast (in United States) as a Category 1 hurricane, the powerful storm...

📅 July 15, 2019

Cyclones from Arabian Sea

Cyclone Vayu has changed course and has started moving away from the Indian coast towards Oman. Cyclone Vayu...

📅 June 14, 2019

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra appointed as Director General (DG) of India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, the renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist, has been appointed as the chief of India Meteorological...

📅 June 5, 2019

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