damaged. Across the country, at least 43 people were killed. Additionally, a total of 106,585 people were affected. The most significant damage took place in Hatiya where seven people were killed and 1,000 homes were destroyed. Offshore, thousands of fishermen were caught off-guard by the storm and an estimated 1,500 were initially unaccounted for. However, this number was quickly reduced to around 60 the following day. According to the police chief of Bhola District, the storm was far stronger than forecast and no warnings for a major storm were made. In light of the damage wrought by the storm, Oxfam called for international aid to the country. Cyclonic Storm Murjan On October 23, the IMD reported that a depression had developed out of an area of low pressure about to the west of India's Amindivi Islands. The storm then tracked westwards and intensified into a deep depression by 18:00 UTC on the same day, followed by a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center at 20:00 UTC. Late on October 24, the IMD upgraded depression ARB 01 to a cyclonic storm, officially naming it Murjan. Murjan became the first cyclonic storm of the season. The cyclone continued tracking westward at . Microwave satellite imagery depicted that most of the convection remained to the south of the system. At that time, Murjan was tracking just south of a subtropical ridge in an environment with low vertical wind shear. The storm crossed the coast of Somalia by late 25 October and gradually weakened into a depression. The India Meteorological Department issued their final bulletin for Murjan at 06:00 UTC of 26 October 2012. There were reports of severe flooding in Bosaso city in Somalia. The storm brought strong winds and heavy but beneficial rains within the areas of Bari region (Bossasso, Ishkushban and Bandar Beyla) according to the Somalia Water and Land Information Management. Cyclonic Storm Nilam An area of convection crossed the Isthmus of Kra on 23 October and entered the Bay of Bengal from the Pacific Ocean. It slowly organized itself and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a TCFA at 03:30 UTC of 28 October. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) later upgraded the low-pressure area to a Depression on the same day, when the storm was located about east-northeast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Early on 29th October, BOB 02 was upgraded to a Deep