Tropical cyclones in India
India is a country in the north of Indian Ocean that is the most vulnerable to getting hit by tropical cyclones in the basin, from the east or from the west.
[1] India is a country in South Asia that is bounded by the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, while it shares land borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
India is also located within the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia.
On average around 2 to 4 tropical cyclones impact India every year, while most of these tropical cyclones impact the east coast of Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
A powerful cyclone hit Calcutta on 5 October 1864, killing an estimated 60,000 people.
[6] A cyclone had formed near the Laccadive Islands on May 24, 555 kilometres (345 mi) west of southern India.
Just before midnight on the night of June 1, the Diomed reported winds of hurricane force and a pressure of 984 millibars (29.1 inHg).
The ship Peshawar reported a westerly hurricane at the east end of the Gulf of Aden towards midnight on the night of June 2.
On June 3, the German corvette Augusta, the French dispatch boat Renard, and the British ship SS Speke Hall were lost in the storm in the Gulf of Aden.
The system continued westward and shrank in scale as it moved into the entrance of the Red Sea, crossing the coast of Djibouti.
It became the first North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone in recorded history to transit the gulf of Aden with fully hurricane intensity and held the record of westernmost landfalling North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone ever and also the only recorded tropical cyclone to make landfall in the nation of Djibouti.
In November a violent cyclonic storm with hurricane-force winds strikes Gujarat causing a ship to sink.
And continue to its path, developed to Tropical Storm before entered Gulf Of Thailand.
The season was above average, with seven cyclones forming, three of which made landfall over India and one threatened the coast.
This season included three deadly back-to-back cyclones which affected West Bengal and Bangladesh collectively in the months of May, June and November, killing up to 50,000 people.
This season included two back-to-back cyclones affecting Andhra Pradesh in May and November, killing 900 people collectively.
The season includes a Super Cyclonic Storm which later became the most intense to make landfall at Andhra Pradesh.
The season includes two simultaneous cyclones on either side of the North Indian Ocean basin (Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea) at the same time, the first instance of such incident.
The season was above average, with six cyclones forming with two making landfall over India and one threatened the coast.
The season was below average with two cyclones forming and includes Tropical Storm Linda which entered the basin from the West Pacific Ocean and an unofficial storm monitored by the JTWC making a total four cyclones.
The season was above average with six cyclones forming and three making landfall over India and one threatened the coast.
The season was above average with five cyclones forming with two making Indian landfall and one threatening the coast of India.
This was the first season when the naming of storms over the North Indian Ocean basin began, with Cyclone Onil formed in September.
This season had the latest start in the North Indian Ocean basin on record by first system forming on 12 October.
This season was fourth consecutive year of above average activity with five cyclones forming and three making landfall over India and one threatened the coast.
