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Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean. The country is vulnerable to cyclones due to its position near the confluence of the Arabian Sea , the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. [ citation needed ]
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The United States's Joint Typhoon Warning Center unofficially designates as B to classify storms formed in the Bay of Bengal. [5] The Bay of Bengal's coast is shared among India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and western part of Thailand. [6] This sub-basin is the most active and produces some of the deadliest cyclones of all time. [7]
The 1978 Sri Lanka Cyclone (JTWC designation: 04B) was one of the most destructive tropical cyclones to strike Sri Lanka since modern records began. The cyclone formed on November 17, 1978, and attained peak intensity on November 23, 1978, right before making landfall in Batticaloa. Sri Lanka's eastern province was heavily affected by the ...
A defaced national flag of Sri Lanka with Coat of arms of Sri Lanka. 1972 – Flag of the Sri Lanka Army: The army flag defaced with the insignia of the Sri Lanka Army. 1972 – Naval Ensign of Sri Lanka: A defaced white ensign with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton influenced by the British design. 2010 – Air Force Ensign of Sri Lanka
The storm organized into a Depression off southeast coast of Sri Lanka on November 29, causing damage to property and life in Sri Lanka while passing by. [2] Due to high atmospheric moisture and warmer oceanic surface temperature between Sri Lanka and Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) in mainland India, Ockhi intensified into a cyclonic storm on ...
The name Asani was provided by Sri Lanka, which means wrath in Sinhala language. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Nine hours later, the JTWC upgraded it to a Category 1 status. [ 38 ] At 12:00 UTC (17:30 IST), the IMD further upgraded it to a severe cyclonic storm, as microwave imagery showed a well-organized system. [ 39 ]
The 2000 Sri Lanka cyclone (IMD designation: BOB 06 JTWC designation: 04B) was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Sri Lanka since 1978. The fourth tropical storm and the second severe cyclonic storm of the 2000 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, it developed from an area of disturbed weather on December 25, 2000. It moved westward, and ...