1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons

The North Indian tropical cyclone season has no bounds, but they tend to form between April and December, peaks in May and November.

These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.

[15] In 1948, a tropical storm made landfall along the Makran coast in Balochistan province in Pakistan.

[18] Torrential rains lashed the metropolis, The storm left 38 people dead and 47 missing [19] Mumbai wouldn't be hit again until 72 years later[20] The city was paralyzed, Trees were uprooted, The city reported 5 inches or 127 millimetres of rain in 24 hours[21] There was floods due to torrential rains and the power supply was disrupted, The Bombay station of All India Radio was also affected, and local transport came to a standstill, The fierce storm reportedly impacted Bombay for 20 hours and put the city in a Standstill [22] On 28 October 1949, a severe cyclone struck the Andhra coast near Masulipatam.

Lowest pressure reported was 976.9 mb and about 800 people lost their lives and thousands were left homeless as a result of the cyclone.