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Cyclone Biparjoy
June 19 , 2023
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- Severe Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat after a 10-day journey across the Arabian Sea.
- Cyclone Biparjoy takes its name from the Bengali word for “disaster”, given by Bangladesh.
- The storm started on June 4 and had been moving slowly north in the Arabian Sea for 10 days before it hit the land on June 15.
- Cyclone Biparjoy has become the cyclone with the longest lifespan in the Arabian Sea.
- Scientists believe that warm sea surface temperatures helped Cyclone Biparjoy to last longer than any other cyclone in the Arabian Sea.
- The Arabian Sea has warmed up by almost 1.2-degree Celsius since March.
- Thus, the conditions are very much favourable for the rapid intensification of the system so it has potential to sustain the strength for a longer period.
- Prior to this, in 2019, the extremely severe Cyclone Kyarr of 2019 over the Arabian Sea had a life of 9 days and 15 hours.
- In 2018, the very severe cyclonic storm Gaja over the southeast Bay of Bengal had a life span of 9 days and 15 hours.
- Biparjoy will also be the third cyclone to hit the western state in June since 1965.
- Based on data from 1965 to 2022 for the month of June, 13 cyclones developed over the Arabian Sea.
- Of these, two crossed the Gujarat coast (1996&1998), one Maharashtra, one Pakistan coast, three Oman-Yemen coasts and six weakened over the sea.
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