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Cyclone Michaung
December 6 , 2023
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- It was named by Myanmar.
- The IMD (the Indian Meteorological Department) had initially predicted that Michaung would remain a ‘tropical cyclone’ (wind speeds of 62 kph to 87 kph) until it crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast.
- But later the IMD upgraded it to the intensity of a ‘severe’ storm (wind speeds of 88 kph to 166 kph)
- It crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast, close to Bapatla.
- It is between the cities of Nellore and Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
- After crossing the Andhra coast, the system is expected to continue to move northwestward towards southern Odisha.
- Here, the IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert
- Climatologically, about five cyclones develop in the North Indian Ocean basin — comprising the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea — every year.
- Of these, an average of four cyclones develops over the Bay of Bengal and one over the Arabian Sea.
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