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How cyclones are named?
Posted on: 27/Nov/2020 11:54:35 AM
There is a system being followed for naming the cyclones that occur every year.
On this accord, the 13 countries Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen name the cyclone developed in these regions.
Each country suggests and gives 13 names thus offering a total of 169 names for the cyclones.
Approval for this has been accorded by the UNESCO Commission for Asia and Pacific and the World Meteorological Organisation.
Accordingly, India has recommended the names ‘Khadi; (speed in Hindi), ‘Thej’ (Speed in Hindi), ‘Murasu’ (A musical instrument like drum in Tamil), and ‘Aag’ (fire in Hindi).
The naming council releases the list of names recommended by the above countries in alphabetical order.
This list in Alphabetical goes like – Bangladesh, Iran, The Maldives, and so on. The name of the recent cyclone Nivar was the 3rd on the list of cyclone formed over the North Indian Ocean. This name was recommended by Iran. For the cyclone ‘Aamban’, the name was given by Thailand. ‘Aamban’ was the last in the list of names offered by countries in the year 2004.
Last June, the cyclone ‘Nigarka’ occurred in Raigarh District of Maharashtra state. ‘Nigarka’ means Nature! This name was given by Bangladesh. The cyclone which crossed Somalia was named ‘Khadi’, the name being offered by India.
In a similar trend, for the recently formed cyclone, The Maldives has named ‘Purevi’. The cyclone ‘Daagde’ was named by Myanmar and ‘Yaas’ was named by Oman and the cyclone ‘Gulab’ was named by Pakistan.
The Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and the North Indian Ocean encounter around 5 cyclones per year.
The cyclones in the coming 25 years will be named as per the latest list of names given by the above countries.
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