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Arabian Sea saw 400% more cyclones

The India Meteorological Department on January 6, 2020 released its much-awaited report on India’s climate in 2019. Five of the eight cyclones — 60 per cent of the total — that affected India in 2019 were on the Arabian Sea. Normally, the sea on India’s west undergoes only one cyclone. Out of five systems formed in the Arabian Sea, there have been two very severe cyclonic storms, one extremely severe cyclonic storm and one super cyclonic storm, according to the IMD report on climate in 2019. In 2019, the monsoon season was the warmest in 118 years.

— source downtoearth.org.in | 07 Jan 2020

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