10 November 2019

Hurricane Facts : How are any hurricanes named? Learn interesting information.

Hurricanes are becoming more common in India and in the meantime you may have noticed that the strange names of hurricanes are heard. Different names of each hurricane and storm are kept. You must have come up with an idea in your mind that, in the end, who is going to name the storm in such a way? So let’s know who determines the names of the hurricanes and how they are determined.
The name of the cyclone began in 2004.The task of naming cyclones was agreed by the World Season Science Organization Asia Economic and Social Commission and the Pacific Panel on Tropical Cyclone in its 27th session in Muscat, Oman, in the 27th session of 2000, as an association of western countries in Asia. Determines the name.
After lengthy deliberations, the countries of Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand will name the cyclonic storm coming into the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
Let us tell you that these countries determine the names of hurricanes on a gradual basis. India has already decided the name of the storm to come. The name of any hurricane that comes next is named as India’s suggestion. It is already determined which storm will come. His name would be Maldives. The previous butterfly was named after Pakistan.
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A hurricane is an intense tropical stormwith powerful winds and heavy rain.
Other names for a hurricane include cyclone, typhoon and tropical storm.
While they are essentially the same thing, the different names usually indicate where the storm took place. Tropical storms that form in the Atlantic or Northeast Pacific (near the United States) are called hurricanes, those that form near in the Northwest Pacific (near Japan) are called typhoons and those that form in the South Pacific or Indian oceans are called .
  1. Hurricanes usually form in tropical areas of the world.
  2. Hurricanes develop over warm water and use it as an energy source.
  3. Hurricanes lose strength as they move over land.
  4. Coastal regions are most at danger from hurricanes.
  5. As well as violent winds and heavy rain, hurricanes can also create tornadoes, high waves and widespread flooding.
  6. Hurricanes are regions of low atmospheric pressure (also known as a depression).

The wind flow of hurricanes in the southern hemisphere is clockwise while the wind flow of hurricanes in the northern hemisphere is counterclockwise.
Weather in the eye of a hurricane is usually calm.
The eye of a hurricane can be anywhere from 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) in diameter to over 200 miles (320 kilometres) but they are usually around 30 miles (48 kilometres).
  1. The winds around the eye of a hurricane are usually the strongest.
  2. Hurricanes can be tracked by weather satellites and weather radar closer to land.
  3. Hurricanes have led to the death of around 2 million people over the last 200 years.
  4. The 1970 Bhola Cyclone that struck Bangladesh killed over 300000 people
Prior to 2000, there was no practice of naming cyclones in the Indian seas. However, the 1999 cyclonic storm which ripped Odisha, triggered the necessity of naming storms.
The WMO (World Meteorological Organisation) envisaged a panel, comprising of members from 8 countries, to assign names to storms forming in the Indian Ocean. These countries have prepared 64 names which have been in use on a rotational basis. The names of the countries are listed alphabetically and names given by them are used sequentially column-wise.
At present, column 6 is in use and the next storm to be formed will be named Vardha. This name was given by Pakistan. The name of the current Cyclone Nada has been given by Oman.
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