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There is only one tropical cyclone warning centre in Pakistan, which is in Karachi in Sindh province. [6] Cyclone Yemyin making landfall in Balochistan province on 26 June 2007. Cyclones mostly hit the Sindh coast than the Balochistan coast in Pakistan. During the last 125 years a number of cyclonic storms have struck Pakistan's coastal areas.
The name Gulab was contributed by Pakistan, meaning 'rose' in Urdu. [3] The name Shaheen, provided by Qatar, means 'falcon' in Arabic. [4] The system overall brought heavy rain and strong winds throughout India, Pakistan and the Middle East. [5] [6] [7] Water-related damage was extensive, while communications were disrupted as winds downed many ...
Satellite image of the 1999 Odisha cyclone making landfall on eastern India as one of the most intense tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean. Super cyclonic storm is the highest category used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to classify tropical cyclones, within the North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula.
The cyclone is travelling over the Bay of Bengal at a speed of 12kmph (7mph), about 260km (160miles) southeast of Odisha’s largest port of Paradip. Officials predict winds gusting up to 120kmph ...
AHMEDABAD/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of people from ...
The most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall was the 1999 Odisha Cyclone which hit the state of Odisha. Its minimum pressure was 912 mbar (26.93 inHg) and maximum wind speed was 260 km/h (160 mph). [72] The costliest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Amphan of 2020 which hit the state of Odisha and West Bengal.
Name System dates Duration Sustained wind speeds Pressure Land areas affected Deaths Damage (USD) Refs Unnamed: January 1 – 10, 1967: Not Specified: Not Specified: 996 hPa (29.41 inHg) [3] Unnamed: October 20 – 21, 1967: Not Specified: Not Specified: 998 hPa (29.47 inHg) [3] Unnamed: September 10 – 14, 1968: Not Specified: Not Specified ...
The 1971 Odisha cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck the Indian state of Odisha (known as Orissa at the time) on October 29, 1971. The cyclone also affected the Indian state of West Bengal as well as East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), which had been devastated by the 1970 Bhola cyclone just less than a year prior and was in the middle of Bangladesh Liberation War.