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Cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’
November 22 , 2018
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- The Cyclonic storm ‘Gaja’ crossed the Tamil Nadu coast on 16th November 2018 between Nagapattinam, nearly 300 km from Chennai, and vedaranyam.
- With wind speed gusting up to 120 kmph it caused landfall between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam.
- The cyclone moved nearly westwards into Kerala and weakened into a deep depression in the Arabian Sea.
- Gaja will be the second cyclone to hit the East coastal area in a month after Cyclone Titli wreaked havoc in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
- Cyclones are named by various warning centres to provide ease of communication between forecasters and the general public.
- In the South East Asia, cyclones are named by different countries. Titli was named by Pakistan and Gaja by Sri Lanka.
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