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The formation of cyclones takes place in low-pressure areas. The vulnerability of the place where
the cyclone strikes depend on the topography, intensity and frequency of the cyclone.
There are 6 factors that can be held responsible for the formation of the cyclone:
Naming of cyclones:
In general, tropical cyclones are named according to the rules at regional level. In the Atlantic and in
the Southern hemisphere (Indian ocean and South Pacific), tropical cyclones receive names in
alphabetical order, and women and men's names are alternated.
If the speed of a cyclone is more than 34 nautical miles per hour then it becomes
necessary to give it a special name. If the speed of the storm reaches or crosses 74
mph, it is then classified into a hurricane/cyclone/typhoon.
The cyclones that are formed in any ocean basin around the world are named by
the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres (RSMCs) and Tropical Cyclone
Warning Centres (TCWCs). There are a total of six RSMCs in the world, including the
India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific (ESCAP) have been naming cyclonic
storms since 2000. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) names the cyclones
developing over the north Indian Ocean, including the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian
Sea. It also issues advisories to 12 other nations in the region on the development of
cyclones and storms.
Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers to simplify
communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts, watches and
warnings. The names are intended to reduce confusion in the event of concurrent storms in the
same basin. Once storms develop sustained wind speeds of more than 33 knots (61 km/h;
38 mph), names are generally assigned to them from predetermined lists, depending on the
basin in which they originate. Some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific; while
tropical cyclones must contain a significant amount of gale-force winds before they are named in
the Southern Hemisphere.
Before it became standard practice to give personal (first) names to tropical cyclones, they were
named after places, objects, or the saints' feast days on which they occurred. Credit for the first
usage of personal names for weather systems is generally given to Queensland
Government Meteorologist Clement Wragge, who named systems between 1887 and 1907.
When Wragge retired, the practice fell into disuse for several years until it was revived in the
latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific. Formal naming schemes and lists have
subsequently been used for major storms in the Eastern, Central, Western and Southern
Pacific basins, and the Australian region, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean.
Name of cyclones
Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused
widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and
in Bangladesh, in May 2020. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges
Delta since Sidr of the 2007 season and the first super cyclonic storm to have formed in the Bay
of Bengal since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West
Bengal and Kolkata since 15 as well as being one of the strongest storms to impact the area. [1][2]
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Causing over US$13 billion of damage, Amphan is also the costliest cyclone ever recorded in
the North Indian Ocean, surpassing the record held by Cyclone Nargis of 2008.[4]