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Cyclone Nivar

November 28 , 2020 1484 days 1499 0
  • Cyclone Nivar made a late-night landfall near Puducherry.
  • The tropical storm has weakened from a "very severe cyclonic storm" to a "severe cyclonic storm".
  • Nivar was given the name by Iran.
  • Nivar is the third name after Nisarga (by Bangladesh) and Gati (by India).
  • It is to be used from the new list of names for North Indian Ocean Cyclones, released in 2020.
  • It has 169 names of cyclones, a compilation of 13 suggestions each from 13 countries.
  • Amphan, proposed by Thailand, was the last name in the 2004 series.

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