cyclone that was formed in bay of bengal in may 2017 was a category 1 hurricane.
cyclone that was formed in bay of bengal in may 2017?
category 1 hurricane
the season officially had an early start compared with the last two seasons, with the formation of cyclone maarutha over the bay of bengal in mid-april. cyclone mora, formed in late may over the bay of bengal. at its peak intensity, it was equivalent to a marginal category 1 hurricane on the saffir-simpson hurricane wind scale. the cyclone produced severe flooding across sri lanka, india, myanmar and bangladesh and caused 15 deaths directly and 208 deaths indirectly. the floods persisted in bangladesh since a deep depression over bay of bengal made landfall and killed 156 people in bangladesh. a depression formed in northwestern bay of bengal and produced torrential rainfall. it was followed by a depression over jharkhand which killed 70 people in west bengal. under the influence of strong monsoon surge a disturbance developed over bay of bengal travelled westwards and intensified to an unnamed depression. it also affected neighboring karachi in pakistan. a strong monsoon surge prevented formation of systems until a deep depression formed over west bengal in october and caused heavy rainfall. a couple of depression formed between mid october and november which continued the rain spell causing destruction of life and property. very severe cyclonic storm ockhi formed in early december and wreaked havoc in the countries where it impacted. it was equivalent to a strong category 3 hurricane on the saffir-simpson scale at peak intensity. the twin storm of ockhi was a deep depression which originated in bay of bengal while its counterpart was in arabian sea.
2017 north indian ocean cyclone season
the season officially started with the formation of cyclone roanu over in the bay of bengal on 17 may. the beginning of june witnessed no storms, although many low-pressure areas formed over bay of bengal, but none of them intensified into a depression, due to a very strong southwest monsoon. at the end of june, depression arb 01 formed, but weakened within two days. july witnessed no storms until a deep depression formed in august, under the influence of an upper air cyclonic circulation over gangetic west bengal. however, multiple low pressure areas developed over the bay of bengal, with cyclonic storm kyant forming in october and cyclonic storm nada in november. due to the presence of warm sea surface temperatures, very severe cyclone vardah formed in december.
2016 north indian ocean cyclone season