Cyclone Asani To Hit Odisha

The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world?UPSC CSE 2013

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The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world?

UPSC CSE 2013

Cyclone Asani which is brewing in the southern Andaman Sea, is on course to become a short-lived cyclone by May 8, 2022 and will make landfall between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Bhubaneswar in Odisha by May 10 according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Cyclone Asani, brewing in the southern Andaman Sea, is on course to become a short-lived cyclone by May 8, 2022 and will make landfall between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Bhubaneswar in Odisha by May 10 according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
As of May 7, the system is located over southeast Bay of Bengal as a low-pressure.
It is expected to intensify into a cyclone by the evening of May 8, and then head towards India’s eastern coast, where it may cause heavy downpour and perhaps even complete landfall.
Senior IMD officials have confirmed that the cyclone, as of now, is unlikely to cause major damages to West Bengal. There is, however, a possibility of strong winds and heavy rainfall measuring 7-11 centimetres affecting Gangetic West Bengal May 10-13.

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Reports have highlighted that 17 teams of the National Disaster Response Force, 20 from the state disaster authorities (Odisha) and nearly 200 fire service teams will be deployed once there is complete confirmation of the cyclone and landfall.

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The names of cyclones might sound random, but there’s some serious thought that goes into them. The decision to start naming cyclones in Asia and the Pacific came about in the year 2000.
- World Meteorological Organisation/United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (WMO/UNESCAP), a group of nations comprising India, Pakistan Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Oman, the Maldives, and Thailand, took the call to name cyclones since 2004. In 2018, five more nations Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen joined the group.
- The names are decided by the regional specialised meteorological centres (RSMCs) and Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs). The IMD is among six RSMCs in the world.
Each country sends in suggestions for names and a WMO/ESCAP panel on tropical cyclones (PTC) finalises them. The names usually carry some meaning.

India has provided 13 names for tropical cyclones in 2020.
- They include Gati, Tej, Murasu, Aag, Vyom, Jhar (pronounced Jhor), Probaho, Neer, Prabhanjan, Ghurni, Ambud, Jaladhi and Vega
- After Cyclone Asani, named by Sri Lanka, the next turn will be Thailand’s. It has suggested the name Sitrang.