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is a country in the north of

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that is the most vulnerable to getting hit by tropical cyclones in the basin, from the east or from the west. On average, 2–3 tropical cyclones make landfall in India each year, with about one being a severe tropical cyclone or greater.

Background

India is a country in

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that is bounded by the

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, the

and the

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, while it shares land borders with

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Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

and

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. India is also located within the vicinity of

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and the

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, while its

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share a maritime border with

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and

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. 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 West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

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. From the 1960s to the mid-2000s, 65% of global tropical cyclone fatalities were located in the Bay of Bengal. The west coast of India is less prone to cyclones; one cyclone out of every two to four hits the west coast, with the majority of them occurring in

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

and

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

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List of tropical cyclones by year

Note that records before 1960 are largely unreliable and storms that stayed at sea were often only reported by ship reports.

1860s

A powerful cyclone hit Calcutta on 5 October 1864, killing an estimated 60,000 people.

November 1867 Great Calcutta cyclone

The anemometer in the city was blown away during the cyclone. A lack of storm surge minimized the overall damage from this system.

1880s

June 1885 Aden cyclone

A cyclone had formed near the

Laccadive Islands The Laccadive Islands ( ) or Kannur Islands (formerly spelled Cannanore, ) are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the central subgroup of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Amindivi Islands ...

on May 24, west of southern India. The SS ''Mergui'' encountered the cyclone off the Horn of Africa, east of

Socotra Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as ...

on June 1 and reported it stronger than the tropical cyclone which struck Calcutta in 1864. Just before midnight on the night of June 1, the ''Diomed'' reported winds of hurricane force and a pressure of . The ship ''Peshawar'' reported a westerly hurricane at the east end of the Gulf of Aden towards midnight on the night of June 2. At noon on June 3, the Tantallon reported a pressure of near 12.5N 45.5E. On June 3, the German

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Augusta, the French dispatch boat ''Renard'', and the British ship SS ''Speke Hall'' were lost in the storm in the

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. The system continued westward and shrank in scale as it moved into the entrance of the

Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ...

, crossing the coast of

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

. 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.

1885 Odisha cyclone

An intense cyclone struck Odisha. It may killed many lives however there was no evidence of this during those era.

1888 Gujarat Cyclone

In November a violent cyclonic storm with hurricane-force winds strikes Gujarat causing a ship to sink. Around 1,300 people are killed during the storm. 1891 Siam Cyclone has formed in Philippine Sea as depression and made landfall on Philippines. And continue to its path, developed to Tropical Storm before entered Gulf Of Thailand. As it entered, it became typhoon and strengthening into Category-5 Status Tropical Cyclone. It made landfall on Thailand and then toward to Port Blair as Category-5 Tropical Cyclone. Siam Cyclone had weakening into Category-3 Status before made landfall at Northern India.

1900s

1902

*In May 1902, a cyclonic storm struck the coast in the vicinity of

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1907

*In June 1907, a tropical storm struck the coast near Karachi.

1910s

*April 13–16, 1910 – A intense tropical existed over

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1920s

1928

*December 31, 1927 – January 5, 1928 – A depression existed over the southern Bay of Bengal. *February 29 – March 6, 1928 – A depression existed over the northeaster Arabian Sea. *March 24–28, 1928 – A cyclonic storm existed over the southern Bay of Bengal.

1929

There are 15 depressions and 6 cyclonic storms.

1930s

*May 2–7, 1930 – A cyclonic storm existed over the southern Bay of Bengal. *May 10–13, 1930 – A cyclonic storm existed over the northern Bay of Bengal. *June 14–16, 1930 – A shallow depression existed over the northeastern Bay of Bengal. *June 20–23, 1930 – A depression existed over the southeastern Arabian Sea. *June 27–30, 1930 – A cyclonic storm existed over the eastern Arabian Sea. *June 28 – July 1, 1930 – A cyclonic storm existed over the eastern Bay of Bengal. *July 8–10, 1930 – A shallow depression existed over the northern Bay of Bengal. *July 11–13, 1930 – A cyclonic storm existed over the northern Bay of Bengal. *July 21–24, 1930 – A depression existed over the northern Bay of Bengal. *September 6–8, 1930 – A depression existed over the Andaman Sea.

1936

1940s

*May 17–25, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *June 23–27, 1940 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *June 29 – July 5, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *July 6–11, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *August 1–11, 1940 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *August 11–16, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *August 18–26, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *August 26 – September 1, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *September 14–24, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *September 17–21, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *October 9–20, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Arabian Sea. *October 19–22, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *November 3–13, 1940 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Arabian Sea. *November 11–18, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. *November 14–24, 1940 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *December 19–30, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.

November 1940 Mumbai Cyclone

In November 1940, a severe cyclone struck

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, with gusts reaching reached 121 km/h in

Colaba Colaba (; or ISO 15919, ISO: Kolābā) is a part of the city of Mumbai, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai while the other three are Worli, Bandra and Malabar Hill. During the Portuguese rule in the 16th century, the island was ...

. There were bodies floating in

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waters, and the cyclone cost the city 25 lakh rupees.

1950s

1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season summary

*April 8–13, 1950 – A deep depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *May 23–30, 1950 – A deep depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *June 8–12, 1950 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *June 23–28, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *July 10–12, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *July 11–15, 1950 – A depression existed over land. *July 25–30, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *August 3–7, 1950 – A depression existed over land. *August 9–15, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *September 1–5, 1950 – A depression existed over land. *September 9–11, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *September 12–19, 1950 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *September 22–24, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *October 17–22, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal. *November 16–20, 1950 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *December 2–6, 1950 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal. *In June 1956, a cyclone struck

Midnapore Medinipur or Midnapore is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as ''Kasai'' and ''Cossye''). ...

and killed 480 people.

1960s

1960

The season was above average with five cyclones forming and one making landfall over India.

1961

The season was above average, with five cyclones forming and three making landfall over India. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Four struck Southwestern India in May and did considerable damage.

1962

The season includes four cyclones, with one entering from the West Pacific Ocean, making a total of five cyclones.

1963

The season was above average with seventeen depressions forming. Out of them, six cyclones formed with four making landfall in India. The season includes the first Super Cyclonic Storm to be recorded in the satellite era. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Two caused heavy rainfall in Laccadive Islands. It was considered as one of the strongest Arabian Sea cyclone until

2001 India Cyclone The 2001 Gujarat cyclone was the third strongest tropical cyclone, in terms of barometric pressure, to form in the Arabian Sea on record; only Cyclones Gonu in 2007 and Kyarr in 2019 were stronger. The storm originated from a tropical disturbance ...

based on the pressure. * Deep Depression Four produced torrential rains in parts of Eastern India. * Deep Depression Nine caused 15 deaths form flooding in

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. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Twelve caused some damage and flooding in India, with loss of life also being reported.

1964

The season was above average, with seven cyclones forming, three of which made landfall over India and one threatened the coast. * Super Cyclonic Storm Sixteen was the most powerful cyclone to strike

and

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. It also overturned a passenger train and killed 200 people on board. It destroyed the town of

Dhanushkodi Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is south-east of Pamban and is about west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cy ...

because of a storm surge and after that, the Government of Madras said that it was 'unfit for human civilization' and declared as a

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1965

This season included three deadly back-to-back cyclones which affected

and

collectively in the months of May, June and November, killing up to 50,000 people.

1966

The season was above average, with eight cyclones forming and six intensifying further into severe cyclonic storms. *A cyclone struck Madras (now

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) on November 3, killing over 50 people and leaving 800,000 people homeless.

1967

1968

1969

This season included two back-to-back cyclones affecting

in May and November, killing 900 people collectively.

1970s

1970

The season was above average, with seven cyclones forming, two of which made landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm Four made landfall over

in the month of June and brought widespread rainfall over East and Central India. Many places received more than 10 cm of rainfall at a single day. * Cyclonic Storm Eight formed as a land depression in the month of September and skirted the whole nation before entering into the Arabian Sea and intensifying up to the stage of cyclonic storm. Many states which were located in the track received heavy rainfall up to 40 cm. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Twelve on its initial stages brought heavy rainfall over

and made landfall at

in the month of November.

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received gust winds as high as 120 kmph and

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received heavy rainfall up to 22 cm.

suffered worst damage by the storm killing 290 people. The amount of damage in India was unknown. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Thirteen was the deadliest tropical cyclone in tropical cyclone history. It made landfall in

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(now called Bangladesh) but also caused significant effect in

and heavy rainfall in

. This cyclone made landfall within few days after Cyclone Twelve attacked the same area and brought additional damage there.

1971

This season was above average, with seven cyclones forming and four making landfall over India. * Three cyclones hit back-to-back over the states of

and

which brought considerable damage to livelihood and agricultural crops. 160 people were reported to be killed by the three storms. * 1971 Odisha cyclone hit the city of

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in the month of October and became deadly storm by killing 11,000 people. Whole state of Odisha has suffered damage due to gust winds up to 185 kmph.

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

The season was above average, with six cyclones forming with three making landfall over India. The season includes a Super Cyclonic Storm which later became the most intense to make landfall at

. 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 next time this would happen would be in 2018. * Cyclonic Storm 04B formed in the month of October and hit

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and brought considerable damage to the telegram services, agricultural crops and property. No deaths were reported there. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 05B hit

Nagapattinam Nagapattinam (''nākappaṭṭinam'', previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam district. The town came to prominence during the period of Medieval ...

in the month of November and brought catastrophic damage to the agricultural crops. Nearly 560 people and 23,000 cattle were reported to be died and 10,00,000 people were affected. It made another landfall over

which became the first and only recorded cyclone to make landfall at that state. * Super Cyclonic Storm 06B became one of the strongest cyclone to hit

since reliable records began in 1891. It hit

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on 22 November and became the deadliest cyclone worldwide for this year by killing 10,000 people and 5,00,000 cattle. Storm surge as high as 20 ft. hit the

Diviseema Diviseema is a small and deltaic island in Krishna District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises seven Mandals in total - Avanigadda, Challapalli, Mopidevi, Nagayalanka, Koduru, Ghantasala and Movva . Diviseema was also known a ...

Island at the time of landfall. It existed simultaneously with Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 04B at Arabian Sea which became the first simultaneous cyclones recorded in either side of Indian Ocean since records began and the next time to happen like this was on 2018.

1978

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and two making landfall over India. The season includes the powerful cyclone to hit

in the month of November and second year in a row to have a Super Cyclonic Storm. * Super Cyclonic Storm 04B, after making landfall over

, made another landfall near

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and brought damage to the houses and fishing boats. Overall damage was low in

. Its remnants were tracked into the Arabian Sea where it further travelled up to the coast of Kutch region of

1979

The season was above average, with six cyclones forming with two making landfall over India and one threatened the coast. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 01B made landfall near

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in the month of May with windspeed of 175 kmph and brought some damage to the state. Nearly 700 people and 300,000 cattle were reported dead. It was the worst storm to hit the state since Super Cyclonic Storm Six (06B) which struck two years prior.

1980s

1980

The season was near normal, with four cyclones forming and one making landfall over India. All the cyclones remained weak in the season as no cyclones intensified further than cyclonic storm. * Cyclonic Storm 01B skirted

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after making landfall over Sri Lanka. No damage or deaths were reported in India. * Cyclonic Storm 02B made landfall over

in the month of October. The extent of damage is not known. * Cyclonic Storm 04B threatened the coast of

but well remained offshore. It produced heavy rainfall over there.

1981

The season was above average, with five cyclones forming and four making landfall over India. * Two depressions hit the states of

and

in the months of August and September and brought considerable damage to those states. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 01B made two landfalls over

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and

in the month of November and brought considerable damage there. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 03B skirted the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal in the month of December before making landfall over

. It was the latest storm to hit Bangladesh since reliable records began. 200 people were reported to be died in both the nations.

1982

The season was above average, with five cyclones forming, with all of them making landfall over India. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 02 made landfall near

in the month of May and killed 150 people. It was the most powerful cyclone to hit the state during the pre-monsoon season until

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in 2019 according to the

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. * Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 03 and Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 04 made back-to-back landfall over Andhra Pradesh within a span of a week in the month of October. But damage and deaths attributed by the storms were less. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 made landfall at

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and brought highest rainfall for the city on record of 120 cm in the month of November. Nearly 340 people were reported to be died due to the storm. It was the latest date for a cyclone in the North Indian Ocean basin to make landfall at the West Coast of India.

1983

The season was below average with two cyclones forming and one making landfall over India. The season includes one basin crossover from the West Pacific Ocean named as

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as a Deep Depression but haven't intensified further in the basin. * Cyclonic Storm 02B formed on 1 October and hit

coast three days later. The amount of damage and deaths are not known.

1984

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and three making landfall over India. The season includes the first recorded cyclone to make landfall at Somalia and became the westernmost landfall of a North Indian Ocean cyclone until 2018

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. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 02B hit

in the month of September but less damage took place with no deaths reported. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 03B made landfall at

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in November and brought damage to the state and nearby

. Nearly 430 people were reported dead. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 04B made landfall at

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in the month of December and brought considerable damage to the agricultural crops.

1985

This season was above average, with six cyclones forming and five of them making landfall in India. * Cyclonic Storm ARB 02 made landfall near

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in the month of June with less damage and no deaths reported. * Cyclonic Storms BOB 03,05,06 made back-to-back landfall over

in the months of October, November and December. The amount of damage and deaths is not known. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 04 made landfall at

in the month of October killing 38 people there. Storm surge as high as 2 metres hit the coast at the time of landfall which resulted the coastal villages to submerge in sea water for two days.

1986

The season was least active as only one cyclone forming from three systems. The one cyclone itself made landfall over India. It was the second least active in the North Indian Ocean basin next to 1993. * Cyclonic Storm 02B skirted the coasts of

and

before making landfall near the border of India and Bangladesh in the month of November. Neither damage nor deaths were reported in the nation.

1987

The season was above average, with five cyclones forming and includes two unofficial storm monitored by the JTWC making a total seven cyclones. Four of them made landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm 04B and Severe Cyclonic Storm 06B made back-to-back landfall over the state of

in the months of October and November bringing moderate damage over there. * Severe Cyclonic Storm 05B brought worst damage to the state of Andhra Pradesh which was already affected by the Cyclonic Storm 04B a fortnight ago, killing 50 people and 26,000 cattle. * Cyclonic Storm 07A made landfall twice over the nation. Once near Tondi as a weak depression and next near

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as a tropical storm. Damage we as to be minimal.

1988

The season was below average, with three cyclones forming with one making landfall over India. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Four made landfall over the

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in the border of

and

and brought worst damage to there.

reported 220-500 deaths associated with the storm and brought heavy rainfall over Northeast India. But most of the damage was in Bangladesh.

1989

The season was below average with two cyclones forming and includes one cyclone entering the basin from the West Pacific Ocean making a total three cyclones. Out of them, all made landfall over India. It was the first time to have a Super Cyclonic Storm since 1977 and it was first in a row to have a Super Cyclonic Storm. * Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 made landfall over

in the month of May and brought heavy rainfall over there killing 70 people. Its effects were felt as far as

. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 made landfall over Visakhapatnam in the month of October which became the deadly storm killing near 600 people in flooding over various areas of

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and

. Its remnants tracked until the

and maintained its circulation without any regeneration there. * Super Cyclonic Storm Gay entered the basin from the West Pacific Ocean which became the strongest Indo-Pacific basin crossover since reliable records began in 1891 as a Category 2 equivalent cyclone. Already brought deadly and catastrophic damage to

as a Category 3 Typhoon. It brought hurricane-force winds over

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for the first time. The next time to have hurricane-force winds over the islands were in 2013 by Cyclone Lehar. In its existence over

, it intensified further to a Super Cyclonic Storm and Category 5 equivalent cyclone. Soon it made landfall over

in its immense strength and its remnants tracked till the coast of

. But land interaction made the storm to get dissipated by that time. 65 people were killed in India associated with the storm.

1990s

1990

The season was below average with two cyclones forming and one making landfall over India. The season includes one Super Cyclonic Storm which was the second consecutive season with this type of storm. * Super Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 formed on 4 May 1990. It made landfall at the equivalent to a Category 3 tropical cyclone on

on May 9. As it moved inland it weakened and dissipated on May 10. The cyclone killed 967 people and caused $600 million (1990 USD) in damage. It was the worst storm to hit South India in pre-monsoon season until Cyclone Laila in 2010. * Deep Depression BOB 07 formed over southern

, moved northwestward and made landfall on southern

on November 3. The system caused $110 million in damage and 250 deaths.

1991

The season was below average with three cyclones forming with one unofficial storm monitored by the JTWC making a total four cyclones but only one makes landfall over India. It was the third and final consecutive season to have a Super Cyclonic Storm. * Depression BOB 04 formed on August 21. It made landfall on the same day on the state of

and managed to keep its intensity until dissipating on August 26. * Depression BOB 05 formed in the Bay of Bengal on September 21. It struck Andhra Pradesh and dissipated the next day. * Depression BOB 07 formed in the Bay of Bengal on October 28. It made landfall on

and dissipated on October 30. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 08 formed on November 9. It hit the state of

on November 15, and dissipated the next day. The cyclone killed 40 people from flooding. 48 cm of rain fell in

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1992

The season was above average with seven cyclones forming and only one making landfall over India. It was earlier one of the most active North Indian Ocean cyclone season on record but at present tied with 2018 and 2019 seasons as most active ever. * Deep Depression BOB 02 formed on June 17 and made landfall on Odisha later that day. The storm killed 41 people. * Deep Depression BOB 03 formed on July 24, a rare date for a cyclone to form. It made landfall on July 26. It later dissipated inland. * Deep Depression BOB 04 formed on October 6. It moved westward and hit India at that intensity and dissipated on the 9th. Overall, it killed 98 people. * Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 07 entered the basin on November 8. After landfall on Sri Lanka, it intensified into a severe cyclonic storm. It finally made landfall as a tropical storm on India on the 17th. The cyclone killed at least 263 people and caused $69 million (1992 USD) in damage.

1993

The season was below average with only two cyclones forming with both of them making landfall over India. The season was least active in the whole North Indian Ocean basin because in overall only four systems formed. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01/02 formed as a depression southwest of India on November 8. As a depression, it made landfall on southwestern India and moved northwestward, intensifying into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm. It dissipated near northwest India. Its landfall as a depression caused 35 deaths. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 02 formed on the Bay of Bengal on December 1. The system gradually moved towards southeast India, making landfall as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (Category 1 Cyclone) on December 4. It dissipated on the same day. The system caused $216 million (1993 USD) in damage and killed 70 people.

1994

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and one making landfall over India. * Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 03 formed on October 29. The next day, the IMD upgraded the storm to a severe cyclonic storm. Early on October 31, the system made landfall near

in southwestern India. It dissipated the same day. The storm killed 304 people and caused $115 million (1994 USD) in damage.

1995

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and two making landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 made landfall in

in the month of October and brought heavy rainfall over there. 50 cm of rainfall fell in Malda associated with the storm. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 06 made landfall close to the border of

and

and brought widespread rainfall there. 73 people were reported to be killed by the storm and its remnants led to the deadly snow storm and avalanche in

killing 200 people making a total 290 deaths. The damage from the storm was $40 million.

1996

The season was above average with five cyclones forming along with one cyclone monitored by the JTWC making a total six cyclones with five of them making landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 02 formed at a very rare location for the month of June at Southeast Bay of Bengal. It skirted the coasts of

and

up to 45 km from

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recorded its highest June rainfall of 35 cms. in a single day. Total 120 deaths were reported in India due to the storm. * Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 made landfall at

in the month of June and brought considerable damage over there. 48 people were reported to be died due to the storm. * Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 02 tracked a rarest path in the North Indian Ocean on record. Making its first landfall near

as a well-marked low pressure area and then intensifying further on reaching the Arabian Sea to become a Severe Cyclonic Storm making a loop off the coast of Gujarat and then moving towards

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in southwest direction. It caused worst damage to Rayalaseema region of

as a low killing 388 people. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 made landfall at

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in the month of November as a Category 4 equivalent tropical cyclone with windspeed of 215 kmph. It brought catastrophic damage to the state killing 1077 people which became deadliest cyclone for the year worldwide. It was the worst storm for the state since

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. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 06 made a rare and long four-day loop in the ocean before making landfall over

in the month of December. 7 people were killed due to the storm and damage was less than expected.

1997

The season was below average with two cyclones forming and includes

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which entered the basin from the West Pacific Ocean and an unofficial storm monitored by the JTWC making a total four cyclones. But not even a single cyclone made landfall over India despite the season is in

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. But one threatened the coast. * Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 07 skirted the coasts of

and

before making landfall over

. Its outer bands brought rainfall in

. Damage to India was relatively less.

1998

The season was above average with six cyclones forming and three making landfall over India and one threatened the coast. *Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 strengthened into a Tropical Cyclone in May 18. The storm made landfall as an 80 mph Severe Cyclonic Storm. The storm killed 35 people and 504 people were missing in the nation of

. It brought heavy rainfall over

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. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 02 strengthened into the equivalent of a

major hurricane Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

with winds reaching 195 km/h (115 mph) on 9 June before making landfall near

in the Indian state of

between 01:00 and 02:00 UTC. 1173 died from the storm and 1774 were reported missing. It was the worst storm to hit

since 1982. * Cyclonic Storm ARB 05 brought considerable rainfall over

. Damage was less expected as it was already affected by Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 02. But 250 fishermen were reported to be missing by the storm. * Deep Depression BOB 03 made landfall in Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. It brought torrential rainfall for the region, causing 101 fatalities. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 made landfall between

and

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in the month of November and brought damage to agricultural crops. 6 people were killed in

. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 06 skirted the coasts of

and

before making landfall over

. But most of the damage was in Bangladesh and only brought little rainfall to

1999

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and two making landfall over India. The season includes the most intense cyclone ever recorded in North Indian Ocean basin on record. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 affected India along with Pakistan. The maximum wind intensity of the storm was and the minimum pressure was . * Tropical Storm 03B had affected eastern India and its damage and death report is unknown. It was unofficially monitored by

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. *Deep Depression BOB 02 was formed on June 17 and made landfall in

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, however it was considered as a monsoonal depression by IMD. *Deep Depression BOB 03 was formed on July 27 which was weak depression with minimal damage. *Depression BOB 04 was formed on August 6 which made landfall in the state of

. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 and the Super Cyclonic Storm BOB 06 made back-to-back over

in the month of October killing more than 15,000 people. The latter one remains the most powerful cyclone to form in overall North Indian Ocean basin on record with windspeed of and .

2000s

2000

The season was above average with five cyclones forming with two making Indian landfall and one threatening the coast of India. * Depression BOB 02 impacted

and caused massive and widespread flooding and destruction of crops. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 03 formed on October 15 and dissipated before landfall. The remnants brought heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh and resulted in death of 100 pelican chicks. * Cyclonic Storm BOB 04 made landfall in

and brought heavy rainfall to North East India * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 impacted

on November 29, resulting in 12 deaths and brought widespread rainfall. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 06 brought heavy rainfall to Southern India and the damage was minimal.

2001

The season was above average with four cyclones forming with one

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entering from the West Pacific Ocean making a total of five cyclones. But only one makes landfall over India and another threatening the coast. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 formed in Arabian Sea on May 21 and impacted the Indian state of Gujarat as a weakening storm. Damage was minimal but nearly 1000 fishermens were feared to be lost in the storm. *Cyclonic Storms ARB 02 and 03 brought considerable rainfall over

but damage was minimal. *Depression BOB 01 made landfall near

on June 12. It dropped heavy rainfall on its path *Cyclonic Storm BOB 02 formed on October 14 in Bay of Bengal and made landfall near

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by killing more than 100 people. *Depression BOB 03 also impacted East India. 150mm of rainfall was recorded in Paradip.

2002

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and one making landfall over India. *Depression BOB 02 formed on October 23 and remained quasi-stationary near Andhra Pradesh coast. It caused rainfall in Eastern India and no damage was reported. * Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 03 impacted

on November 12 resulting in 173 deaths. It caused damage to

and

2003

The season was below normal with three cyclones forming with one making landfall over India. Another storm threatened the coast of India. It was the last season to have unnamed cyclones in the North Indian Ocean basin. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 brought little rainfall to the

but worsened the condition of the heatwave over

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. It resulted in a deadly heatwave outbreak killing 1500 people as it moved away from the Indian coast and hit

. Due to the heatwave,

recorded its highest maximum temperature in record of 45 °C. *Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 07 attacked

in December which brought widespread rainfall and agricultural crop damage. 85 people were killed by the floods associated with the storm.

2004

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and not even a single cyclone making landfall over India. However, two cyclones threatened the coast of India. This was the first season when the naming of storms over the North Indian Ocean basin began, with

Cyclone Onil Severe Cyclonic Storm Onil was the first tropical cyclone to be named in the northern Indian Ocean. Forming out of an area of convection several hundred kilometres southwest of India on October 1 2004, Cyclone Onil quickly attained its peak ...

formed in September. *Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 brought heavy rainfall over

and

which later became the first cyclone to directly threaten Kerala since records began in 1891. It also brought torrential rainfall over

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Islands and killed nine people. 230 cm of rainfall fell over the island of

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which became second wettest storm in North Indian Ocean basin and 15th wettest storm worldwide on record. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Onil became the first named storm in the North Indian Ocean basin on record which formed in the month of September. It skirted the coast of

and brought considerable rainfall there. Nearly 900 fishermens were feared to have lost in the storm. It brought little damage to nearby

2005

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and three making landfall over India. This season was the first instance when there were no cyclones intensified further than Cyclonic Storm. The other season to do so was 2012. * Cyclonic Storm Pyarr tracked a rare path from northeast to southwest in the month of September in the

and made landfall over

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. It killed 65 people in Andhra and adjoining

. * Cyclonic Storm Baaz and Cyclonic Storm Fanoos made back-to-back landfall over

and adjoining

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which brought widespread rainfall over there. Cyclone Baaz killed 11 people but damage from Cyclone Fanoos and Baaz was minimal. There were agricultural crop damage too.

2006

The season was below average with three cyclones forming but only one making landfall over India. *Deep depression BOB 02 affected eastern India and damage was unknown. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Mukda looped off the coast of

in the month of September and brought considerable and beneficial rains. * Cyclonic Storm Ogni made a record in North Indian Ocean basin as smallest cyclone to ever record with 85 km in diameter. It hit

on 29 October and made damage to the agricultural crops.

2007

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming but the season has no Indian landfall. But depressions formed in this season were the deadliest. It saw the first Super Cyclonic Storm in the basin since 1999 and the first to ever record in the

. It was also the first time to have two category 5 equivalent cyclone in one minute mean in a single season. * Cyclonic Storm Yemyin formed over

and made landfall over

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in the month of June as a Deep Depression and brought widespread floods over

and

killing 150 people. This was because the storm maintained its intensity and crossed into the

where it intensified further into a Cyclonic Storm and brought catastrophic damage over

which was the first cyclone to hit the nation since 1999. *Depressions and Deep Depressions BOB 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 which formed in the months from July to November brought damage over India killing many people. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr resulted in a northeast monsoon failure over

and adjoining areas of

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and

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regions as it moved away from India and hit

in the month of November killing 15000 people which became the deadliest cyclone worldwide for the year 2007.

2008

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming and two making landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm Rashmi after making landfall over

entered into

and brought heavy rainfall and deadly landslides over

killing 20 people in those places. *Cyclonic Storm Khai-Muk made landfall over

bringing heavy rainfall and severe agricultural crop damage in

districts. * Cyclonic Storm Nisha made landfall over

in the month of December and brought catastrophic damage over

and

. Nearly 200 people were killed by this storm and remains the 10th wettest storm in the Indian Ocean basin on record. 69 cm of rainfall fell over the town of Orathanadu in

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which was highest single day rainfall from a cyclone in South India at that time later surpassed by

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which formed in next year.

2009

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming with two making landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm Bijli skirted the coast of

and

in the month of April which later became the ninth wettest tropical cyclone in India. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila formed on May 23 and made landfall in the state of

on May 25. It caused 149 fatalities and more than 100,000 people left homeless and the damage cost was

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1 billion. It was the worst cyclone after

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. *Depression ARB 01 formed on June 23 and made landfall in the state of

. It killed nine people due to lightning. *Depression ARB 02 formed on June 25 and made landfall in the state of

. It caused heavy rainfall. *Deep Depression BOB 03 formed on July 20 and made landfall in

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. It caused 43 fatalities in

. *Deep Depression BOB 04 formed on September 4 and made landfall in

. One person was reportedly drowned due to high sea current. * Cyclonic Storm Phyan formed on November 4 and made landfall in

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. It became the fifth wettest tropical cyclone in India.

2010s

2010

The season was above average with five cyclones forming with two Indian landfall. The above average activity was influenced by the

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. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Laila caused $117 million in damage and 65 people were Killed. It was the first cyclone to hit

during pre-monsoon season in 20 years. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Jal hit

and made a direct hit over

and brought considerable damage in the month of November.

2011

This season was below average with two cyclones forming with one making landfall over India. *Depression ARB 01 affected Gujarat and Maharashtra but no deaths and Damage were reported. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Thane made landfall over

on 30 December which marks the latest date for a cyclone to make landfall anywhere in the Indian Ocean basin. It made catastrophic damage over,

and

2012

This season had the latest start in the North Indian Ocean basin on record by first system forming on 12 October. It was the least active season since 1993 as only five systems formed and two cyclones forming. One made landfall in India out of two cyclones. * Cyclonic Storm Nilam was the deadly storm and the only cyclone to make landfall in India on that year, attacked

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on October and brought worse damage to that state and

region of

. It killed 75 people in those places.

2013

The season was above average with five cyclones forming and four making landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm Viyaru worsened the heatwave conditions over

as it moved away from

and hit

. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin was a category 5 hurricane and made landfall over Gopalpur in

which makes the most intense storm to make landfall at Odisha since

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. More than a million people have been evacuated in preparedness for this cyclone. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Helen and Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Lehar made back-to-back landfall over

in the month of November. But damage was minimal as both the cyclones weakened when it makes landfall. But Cyclone Helen killed 12 people in

. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Madi tracked a rare path in the Bay of Bengal by moving northeast initially and making sharp turn towards southwest in the month of December. It brought beneficial rains to

and damage was minimal.

2014

The season was below average with only three cyclones forming with only one making landfall over India. * Cyclonic Storm Nanauk formed over the

but delayed the onset of the Southwest Monsoon over

. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud made a catastrophic landfall in its peak intensity of category 4 hurricane over

on 14 October and made worse damage to that place. Its remnants were traced back till the

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which is very rare.

2015

The season despite being under powerful

which was near normal with four cyclones forming, but the season haven't feature even a single Indian landfall. But depressions formed during monsoons were the deadliest. * Deep Depression ARB 02 affected Gujarat, causing $260 million in damage and 81 deaths. * Cyclonic Storm Komen after attacking

entered into

and brought worst flooding over

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killing 285 people which makes it the deadliest cyclone worldwide in the year 2015. * Deep Depression BOB 03 along with northeast monsoon seasonal low pressures in the months of November and December brought worst flooding over

and

in 100 years. It killed nearly 500 people and unofficially makes one of the costliest disasters in India on record by damage, exceeding up to $15 billion.

2016

The season was near normal with four cyclones forming with three affecting

and one threatened the coast. * Cyclonic Storm Roanu tracked a rare path in the month of May by skirting the whole East Coast of India and brought beneficial rains for

and

, which were suffering from the deadly heatwave associated with the

. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah attacked

and making a direct hit over

killing 12 people and damage of $4.3 billion.

2017

The season was below average with three cyclones forming with one affecting India. * Cyclonic Storm Maarutha worsened the conditions of the heatwave over

as it moved away from the Indian landmass and attacked

. It was one of the only three cyclones to form in the first fifteen days in the month of April in the satellite era as formation of cyclones are very rare during that time. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Mora after attacking

in the month of May brought deadly landslides over

which killed 20 people. * Depression BOB 04 affected

and caused 7 deaths and $34 million in damage. * Land Depression 01 caused dangerous floods in

. At least 152 people died, while nearly 2 million people were affected in over 160 villages, which were inundated due to heavy rains. *Land Depression 02 produced heavy rainfall in

, and also caused 3 deaths in

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and heavy rainfall. The system caused 200 mm of rainfall in

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recorded 105 mm with strong gusty wind of 65 km/h.

was badly affected by the dangerous weather receiving rain up to . *Depression BOB 05 caused the Odisha state government on October 20 to declare the heavy rains caused by the storm as a "State-Specific Disaster". Up to 25 blocks of eight districts in the state had received rainfall exceeding , with the Kanas block of the Puri district recording rainfall of . Heavy damage to homes were reported in

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and

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districts, with an infant reported to have died in the former district following the collapse of a wall. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ockhi lashed heavy rainfall across Southern tip of India as it neared up to 30 km from the coast, killing 318 and displaced many people. It followed a rare path from

to the

and only one of the five cyclones to do so by attacking the Southern tip of India since reliable records began in 1851. Many fishermens were feared to get lost by this storm as they don't know properly about the cyclone's rare trajectory. It brought rare December rainfall over

and

as a weakening low pressure area combined with a western disturbance.

2018

The season was first in the series of three consecutive years of above average activity. Total seven cyclones formed with four attacking India which is the highest number since 1992. The season was first time since 1977 to have simultaneous cyclones in either sides of the North Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea) at a same time. * Deep Depression BOB 03 caused heavy rainfall in western

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and the Indian capital of

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. Rainfall peaked at

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in Uttar Pradesh which received 226 mm of rain in 24 hours. The river

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crossed the danger level and reached to 205.5 meters by July 29, prompting the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in Delhi. * Depression BOB 04, Depression BOB 05 and Deep Depression BOB 06 were short lived storms which affected eastern India during the months of August and September. * Cyclonic Storm Daye impacted south

early on September 21, near Gopalpur. Daye continued moving westward, while dropping heavy amounts of rain across India. It was the first September cyclone in the

since Cyclone Pyarr in the year 2005. Minimal damage was reported. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Titli made landfall near

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, Andhra Pradesh, at peak intensity of 150 km/h. Titli killed at least 77 people in Odisha and left a couple of others missing, due to heavy flooding and landslides. It caused major destruction to East Coast railway. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Gaja made landfall in southern India, on November 16. The storm survived crossing over into the

later that day; however, it degenerated into a remnant low in hostile conditions only several days later, on November 20. 52 people were killed. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Phethai developed in the southern Bay of Bengal on December 13. It steadily strengthened and on December 16, and made landfall at Katrenikona on December 17, with 3-minute sustained winds of 50 mph. 8 people were reported dead.

2019

* Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani made landfall at

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on May 3 as a Category 5 equivalent tropical cyclone with official wind speed of , however JTWC estimated that it was unofficially beating the record of

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in terms of 1 minute sustained wind speed and it is unofficially the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean based on the windspeed. It also became the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the state of

after

and Phailin. Damage cost was

8.1 billion. *The remnants of Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vayu impacted

causing some damage. 8 deaths were reported. Initially the storm skirted the Saurashtra coast of Gujarat as a minimal category 3 major tropical cyclone. * Deep Depression BOB 03, around 08:00–09:00 UTC, made landfall along the north Odisha-West Bengal coastline on August 7. Heavy rainfall was recorded in many parts of Odisha, peaking at 382.6 mm (15.06 in) in Lanjigarh. 3 deaths were reported * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hikaa sunk a boat which carried 11 Indian fishermen. As of October 17, six of them were confirmed dead, and the other five remained missing. * Land Depression 01 formed on September 30 and caused minimal damage. *The outer bands of Super Cyclonic Storm Kyarr on skirting Maharashtra coast caused heavy rainfall in some portions of Western India. It also caused an increase in vector borne diseases in some areas. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Maha caused minor damage in western and southern India. It then made landfall near Gujarat as a depression and quickly weakened afterwards. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul formed on November 6 from the remnants of Severe Tropical Storm Matmo which traversed into the Bay of Bengal. Bulbul then underwent a rapid intensification, becoming a very severe cyclonic storm on November 8 and made landfall at

. It produced heavy rain over many parts of West Bengal *Deep Depression ARB 06 on its initial stages brought heavy rainfall over

and killed 25 people.

2020s

2020

The season was third consecutive year of above average activity as five cyclones formed this year with three making landfall over India. The season was the second in a row to have a Super Cyclonic Storm and the first to record in

since 1999. * Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan explosively intensified from a Category 1-equivalent cyclone to a Category 4-equivalent cyclone in just 6 hours and further into category 5-equivalent cyclone and Super Cyclonic Storm. It made landfall on May 20 near

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, West Bengal after weakening subsequently. It left behind a trail of catastrophic damage, and was later confirmed to be the costliest storm ever recorded in the basin. 128 deaths were recorded. * Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga made landfall near the coastal town of

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in Maharashtra at 12:30 IST on June 3. About 400mm of rain was recorded at

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. It was the first cyclone to make landfall at

since

in the year 2009. * Deep Depression BOB 02 developed over the west-central Bay of Bengal, though the system was originally observed near the

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over the

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on October 6 and made landfall in

near

in the early hours of October 13. The torrential rains caused flash flooding in Hyderabad killing at least 80 people. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nivar made landfall between

and

around

on November 25. 14 deaths and $600 million damage were reported. It brought considerable damage to

too. * Cyclonic Storm Burevi dropped heavy rainfall across south India. It brought heavy rainfall over

and those places which were already affected by

Cyclone Nivar Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nivar () was a tropical cyclone which brought severe impacts to portions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in late November 2020. The eighth depression and fourth named storm of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone seaso ...

. The storm killed 9 people.

2021

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. * Depression BOB 01 caused light to moderate rainfall with minimal damage in the

as a rare early April system. * Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Tauktae caused heavy rainfall and high gust winds in

and

. It made landfall on the southern coast of Saurashtra peninusula in Gujarat and caused moderate to heavy damage in the southern peninsular coastal areas of Gujarat. It was the worst storm to hit

in 20 years since

1998 Gujarat cyclone The 1998 Gujarat cyclone (Joint Typhoon Warning Center designation: 03A; India Meteorological Department designation: ARB 02) was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed at least 1,000 people in India, mainly in the state of Gujarat. Meteorol ...

. * Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Yaas made landfall over the state of

becoming the second cyclone to hit the nation within a span of ten days. The most affected states are

and Odisha. At least 10 million people were affected and 300,000 houses were damaged. Most them were caused by storm surge, high astronomical tides and broken embankments. The cyclone also affected

and

. * Deep Depression BOB 03 affected Odisha, killing three. 2 people died after separate house collapses and another person reportedly drowned in a drain. * Cyclone Gulab hit

close to

on September 26 becoming the first cyclone to form in Bay of Bengal for the month of September since Cyclone Daye of 2018. Twenty people were killed due to the storm in various places of Central India. Its remnants affected

and

, later on becoming Cyclone Shaheen by reaching the Arabian Sea on September 30. * Depression BOB 05 and Depression BOB 06 made back-to-back landfall over the state of

gave extremely heavy rainfall over the state along with

and

while the latter one had caused historic flooding after 20 years over

and additional rainfall over there. Overall deaths from both the systems were estimated to be near hundred. *

Cyclone Jawad Cyclonic Storm Jawad () was a relatively weak tropical cyclone whose remnants brought heavy rainfall over East India and Bangladesh. The tenth depression, sixth deep depression and fifth cyclonic storm of the active 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclo ...

skirted and threatened the coasts of

and

before weakening into a low pressure area and making landfall over the

. Two deaths were reported due to the cyclone.

2022

This season ended the streak of four consecutive years with above average cyclone activity by having only three cyclones forming this year and two making landfall over India. *

Cyclone Asani Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani () was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in India in May 2022. It was the strongest storm of 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The third depression and deep depression, and the first named storm of ...

becomes a rare cyclone after making landfall near

in May. It was the first cyclone to do so in pre-monsoon since Cyclone Laila of 2010. Rainfall from the storm helped relieve people while a local heatwave was occurring. Three deaths were reported and crop damage amounted to US$1.57 million (121 million rupee). * Deep Depression BOB 06 makes landfall in the state of

in August as a monsoon depression. Large amounts of rainfall were reported in East and North India and the remnants later contributed to the 2022 Pakistan floods. *

Cyclone Mandous Severe Cyclonic Storm Mandous () was the third cyclonic storm, as well as the third most intense tropical cyclone of the 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The remnants of the system later regenerated into Deep Depression ARB 03 in the Arabia ...

made landfall near

on 9 December with winds of 65 km/h. Five deaths were reported in

, while damage in

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was US$27.4 million (2.26 billion rupee). Its remnants later entered into the Arabian Sea and regenerated into Deep Depression ARB 03.

2023

Cyclone Biparjoy Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy () was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone that formed over the east-central Arabian Sea. The third depression and the second cyclonic storm of the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Biparjoy origi ...

made landfall near

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on 15 June with winds of 120 km/h. 12 people were found dead after the cyclone, while damage in Gujarat reached US$148 million (12.13 billion rupee). *

Cyclone Michaung Severe Cyclonic Storm Michaung () was a moderate tropical cyclone which formed in the Bay of Bengal during the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Michaung originated as a low-pressure area in the Gulf of Thailand which crossed into the Bay o ...

made landfall just south of

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on 5 December with winds of 95 km/h. The cyclone killed 17 people and resulted in a loss of US$1.32 billion (110 billion rupee).

2024

*In August 2024, a land depression which later became

Cyclone Asna Cyclonic Storm Asna () was a tropical cyclone that affected Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states of India and southern Pakistan from 25 August to 2 September 2024. It formed as deep depression over land, intensified in the cyclone and ...

triggered flooding in Gujarat and killed 49 people. Damage statewide was calculated to be US$30 million (2.5 billion rupee). *

Cyclone Dana Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana () was a strong tropical cyclone which affected the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India. The third cyclonic storm and second severe cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Dana formed fr ...

made landfall near

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on 25 October (local time) with winds of 100 km/h. The cyclone killed 5 across India, and incurred a loss of US$73.3 million (6.16 billion rupee). * Cyclone Fengal made landfall between

and

on 30 November. Fengal caused flooding and landslides in

which killed 20 people. Authorities estimated the damage to be US$17.7 million (1.5 billion rupee).

Climatology

Records

*The most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall was the

which hit the state of

. Its minimum pressure was and maximum wind speed was . *The costliest tropical cyclone was

Cyclone Amphan Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan ( ) was an extremely 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 c ...

of 2020 which hit the state of

and

. The damage cost was

13 billion beating the record of

Cyclone Nargis Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis (; , ) was an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar during early May 2008. The cyclone made landfall in Myanmar on Friday ...

. *The deadliest is the 1839 India cyclone which hit the present day state of

. It caused over 300,000 fatalities and 20,000 ship destroyed. *The wettest tropical cyclone was the 1968 Severe Cyclonic Storm which hit the state of

with record breaking rainfall of .

References

External links

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