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The season's strongest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Tauktae, with maximum wind speeds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 950 hPa (28.05 inHg). The scope of this article is limited to the Indian Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere , east of the Horn of Africa and west of the Malay Peninsula .
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]
Part of the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season: Date: 6 – 12 November 2021 (3 years, 3 months and 5 days) Location: India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh) Sri Lanka: Also known as: 2021 Tamil Nadu floods, India-Sri Lanka floods, Chennai floods: Type: Flood: Cause: Depression BOB 05 and a low pressure system associated with the Northeast ...
Upon formation, a Cyclone Alert was issued for Sri Lanka, South Tamil Nadu, and South Kerala. More than 75,000 people were evacuated ahead of the storm in Sri Lanka. In India, a red message was issued by the IMD. A red alert was also issued for parts of Kerala. In Sri Lanka, 57 houses were destroyed with 2,753 others being damaged.
The season's first storm, Moderate Tropical Storm Ana, formed as a zone of disturbed weather on 20 January 2022, marking the latest first system in a Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season ever. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The second, and strongest storm of the season, Cyclone Batsirai , formed on 24 January, and became a long-lived and powerful storm.
2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season map. On April 2, a tropical depression formed in the north Andaman Sea near the Myanmar coast. It remained short-lived, however, dissipating the next day. It was the fourth system to form within the first fifteen days of April since the satellite era began in 1960.
The 2021 floods and landslides in Sri Lanka are flash floods and mudslides which were caused from heavy torrential rainfalls during May and June 2021. As of 7 June 2021; the monsoon floods affected in about 10 districts, killing at least 17 persons including about 10 because of floods and 4 people because of mudslides.
Sri Lanka has surpassed 300,000 total cases of COVID-19 with 1,300 new infections. [151] Total number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka exceeds 4300 with 66 confirmed deaths. [152] The world's largest cluster of star sapphires with 510 kg has been unearthed from Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. This star sapphire cluster has been named "Serendipity Sapphire".