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Indian Ocean is spawning strong

WHY THE INDIAN OCEAN IS SPAWNING STRONG   For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Cyclones (Fani, Idai, Eline, Kenneth), Causes   News Flash The Indian Ocean has made its mark on the global news cycle this year. In March, tropical cyclone Idai made headlines as one of the most severe storms to have made landfall in Mozambique. After Idai, Eline was the strongest — though not the deadliest — cyclone to have hit the southern…

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Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “FANI”

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “FANI” (Ministry of Earth Science)   WHAT Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani (pronounced as ‘FONI’) was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha since Phailin in 2013. Continuing to move nearly northwards, it intensified further into very severe cyclonic storm over southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal in the early morning (0530 hrs IST) of today, the 30th April 2019. It is very likely to move…

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