What is Tropical cyclone?
Cyclones are rapid inward air circulation around a low-pressure area.
The air circulates in an anticlockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern hemisphere.
Cyclones are usually accompanied by violent storms and bad weather.
The word Cyclone is derived from the Greek word Cyclos meaning the coils of a snake.
It was coined by Henry Peddington because the tropical storms in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea appear like coiled serpents of the sea.
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What is cyclone?
There are two types of cyclones:
Tropical cyclones; and
Extra Tropical cyclones (also called Temperate cyclones or middle latitude cyclones or Frontal cyclones or Wave Cyclones).
Cyclone Biparjoy
It is a ‘very severe cyclone’ developed in the Arabian Sea.
Cyclone Biparjoy is the first cyclone to form in the Arabian Sea this season.
The cyclone is expected to bring heavy rains and strong winds to the West Coast of India.
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Cyclone Biparjoy
The heaviest rains are expected to fall in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.
The name Biparjoy was given to the cyclone by Bangladesh.
Bangladesh submitted the name Biparjoy, which means “Disaster” in Bengali.
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