Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jan 4: The monsoon of present year is almost over. This year five cyclones hit the country. Out of them two formed in Arabian Sea while three originated in Bay of Bengal.
This is the second year in succession that the country is torn by five tornadoes. Before the onset of Monsoon Cyclone Taukte formed in the Arabian Sea. Due to the incessant rains that followed, agriculture, property and life were lost. This is the most fierce cyclone after the 1998 Gujarat cyclone, to have hit the western coast of the country. The cyclone which began on May 14, 2021, entered Gujarat on May 19 at a maximum speed of 185 km per hour.
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In November, though there was low air pressure in the Arabian Sea, it did not convert into cyclone. Shaheen cyclone arrived at the end of September. It originated from Bay of Bengal. Gulab cyclone which caused enormous devastation made landfall at Andhra Pradesh on September 26. Later it turned towards the west, entered the Arabian Sea and again went into low pressure. Further it went towards Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia gaining momentum. Meteorologists says that this is a surprise development that the same cyclone forms into two.
Though only two cyclones formed in the Arabian Sea, they caused concern and also brought in copious amounts of rain in the coastal districts of Karnataka. In 2020 also two cyclones by the names Nisarga and Gati hit the country. During 2019 in the monsoon season five cyclones Vayu, Hika, Care, Maha and Pavan hit the country.
Yas cyclone formed in Bay of Bengal in May 2021. It was the second terrific cyclone with wind speed of 140 km per hour. It made land fall on north Odisha coast. Later in September it hit Andhra Pradesh coast converting as Gulab. At last in December Jawad cyclone hit the coasts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. In the midst of this three times there was low depression. Last year Amphan, Nivar and Burevi cylcones created panic. In the beginning of 2019 Pabuk, Ghani and Bulbul also caused devastation.