Tropical storm Dalila might form within 48 hours as Eastern Pacific hurricane season sees active start. Check mapPotential Tropical Cyclone Four-E, poised to become Tropical Storm Dalila, is expected to form south of Southern Mexico, prompting a Tropic...
13 Jun, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
2024 Atlantic hurricane names, state-wise prediction, forecast for season2024 tropical cyclone impact probability is higher in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carol...
06 Apr, 2024, 02.20 AM 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
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
Bay of Bengal cyclone Mocha IMD updates: Wind speed of 130 km, sharp sea-level rise forecast during landfallCyclone Mocha brewing in Bay of Bengal is likely to cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) an...
11 May, 2023, 09.53 AM 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
Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal, A&N Islands to get heavy rainsIn its first Pre-genesis Track and Intensity Forecast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the low pressure area, which was form...
17 Mar, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
'Fani had longest life span among tropical cyclones in the bay'The peculiarity of this strong cyclonic storm was the persistence of its intensity till it crossed the coast.
14 May, 2019, 05.48 PM 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
Cyclone Fani makes landfall in Odisha; here's why most cyclones hit India’s east coastLast year, Cyclone Gaja had battered the Tamil Nadu coast, killing at least 20 people and causing widespread destruction.
03 May, 2019, 09.02 AM 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
Same basin can have multiple cyclonesA tropical cyclone is a storm system that is characterized by a low-pressure centre which produces strong winds and flooding rain.
13 Oct, 2014, 01.51 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