Cyclone Montha: How did the storm get its name and what does it mean?Cyclone Montha is poised to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, with landfall expected Tuesday, bringing heavy rains to Andhra Pradesh,...
28 Oct, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Rare Cyclone Alfred approaches Brisbane; first storm to hit region over 50 yearsTropical Cyclone Alfred will cross the coast near the area of Brisbane late Friday or early Saturday. Forecasters are predicting damaging w...
06 Mar, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
Cyclone Fengal: How it got its name, landfall, weather warnings, and impact on Tamil NaduCyclone Fengal, intensifying in the Bay of Bengal, is projected to hit Tamil Nadu's coast after grazing Sri Lanka. Heavy rainfall has alrea...
28 Nov, 2024, 12.18 PM IST
Cyclone Dana prompts major school closures: Here's how West Bengal and Odisha are battling the incoming stormCyclone Dana, expected to make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal on October 24, has prompted the closure of schools in 14 districts o...
23 Oct, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Hurricane tracker: Tropical storm may hit North Carolina to New Jersey. Name, path, weather forecastA low-pressure system is situated about 200 miles south of North Carolina. It may create life-threatening storm surges, high surf and rip c...
23 Sep, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
Biparjoy Cyclone: LIC announces relaxations for victims of cycloneLIC has announced concessions in an effort to ease the suffering of LIC policy claimants and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana recipi...
20 Jun, 2023, 03.12 PM IST
How cyclones get their names: Who named cyclone Biparjoy and what it means?Have you ever wondered how the cyclones get their names? Cyclone Biparjoy, the latest tropical storm brewing in the Arabian Sea, has been m...
16 Jun, 2023, 12.17 PM IST
Why are cyclones with female names deadlier? Research explainsThe study used more than six decades of death rates from US hurricanes to show that feminine-named hurricanes cause significantly more deat...
16 Jun, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
Gales, heavy rain lash India, Pakistan as severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy approachesCyclone Biparjoy is set to hit the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts in Gujarat and the adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi and Karachi, nea...
15 Jun, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
Cyclone Mocha: How and why cyclones are namedFor the Indian Ocean region, a formula for naming cyclones was agreed upon in 2004. Eight countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Mald...
10 May, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
Cyclone Mocha: Reason behind its name, how to track cyclone updatesCyclone Mocha is brewing over the Bay of Bengal and India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been offering details about the cyclonic stor...
09 May, 2023, 04.53 PM IST
Aila, Amphan, Asani: What's in a cyclone's name?With Cyclone Asani -- a name given by Sri Lanka that means 'wrath' in Sinhalese -- formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtli...
08 May, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Mala, Helen, Nargis: How are cyclones named?Mritunjay Mohapatra, the additional director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said Fani, pronounced as 'Foni', means a...
03 May, 2019, 07.58 PM IST
Why we don’t have hurricanes in IndiaTropical cyclones are named to provide ease of communication between forecasters and the general public.
19 Nov, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
- How do hurricanes form? Know from NASA scientists
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Even as Hurricane Harvey left Texas bruised and Hurricane Irma began lashing Florida, NASA scientists have explai...
10 Sep, 2017, 02.22 PM IST
Severe cyclonic storm likely to hit Andhra Pradesh, Odisha coast by October 12The Cyclone 'Hudhud' crossed the area between Port Blair and Long Island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipalego, with winds gusting at 67 k...
08 Oct, 2014, 09.26 PM IST
- Giving cyclone a name- a systematic procedure
You might not know when the next cyclone will hit northern Indian Ocean, but you can be sure it will be called Ward and after that it will ...
12 Nov, 2009, 01.44 PM IST