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Cyclone OCKHI
December 5 , 2017
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- The deep depression which had formed in the Bay of Bengal near Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, bordering Kerala, has now intensified into a cyclonic storm named OCKHI.
- The name Ockhi, given by Bangladesh which in Bengali language means ‘eye’.
- The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) started the tropical cyclone naming system in 2000.
- Cyclones are named to provide ease of communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts, watches, and warnings.
- The Cyclones worldwide are named by 9 regions — North Atlantic, Eastern North Pacific, Central North Pacific, Western North Pacific, North Indian Ocean, South West Indian Ocean, Australian, Southern Pacific, South Atlantic.
- Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean basin are named by the Indian Meteorological Department and the first tropical cyclone was named in 2004 as Onil (given by Bangladesh).
- Eight north Indian Ocean countries (Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand) gave eight names each which was combined into a list of 64 names. One name from each country is picked in an order to name the cyclones.
- The previous storm Mora that caused severe flooding across Northeast India in May month, 2017 was named by Thailand. Mora is the name of one of the healing stones and also means star of the sea.
- The next cyclone will be named Sagar — a name given by India.
- The cyclone warnings are issued to state government officials in four stages.
- The first stage warning known as "Pre Cyclone Watch" contains early warning about the development of a cyclonic disturbance.
- The second stage warning known as "Cyclone Alert" contains information on the location and intensity of the storm and coastal districts likely to experience adverse weather, advice to fishermen, general public, media and disaster managers.
- The third stage warning known as "Cyclone Warning” forecasts likely point and time of landfall.
- The fourth stage of warning known as "Post Landfall Outlook" forecasts expected time of landfall.
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