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The Arabian sea is abbreviated ARB by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), since the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the IMD, The Arabian sea is locted in the north of the third largest ocean in the world that is the Indian Ocean [1], the Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean in the world. The countries that touches arabian sea includes India, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Somalia.[2] Monsoons are characteristic of the Arabian Sea and responsible for the yearly cycling of its waters. In summer, strong winds blow from the southwest to the northeast, bringing rain to the Indian subcontinent. During the winter, the winds are milder and blow in the opposite direction, from the northeast to the southwest.[3] Cyclones are very rare in this part of the world but that does not mean that arabian sea can not give birth to some major storms[4], the famous example is Cyclone Gonu and Cyclone Phet. Cyclone Gonu is the strongest storm to hit the Arabian Peninsula since record keeping began more than 60 years ago. [5] Gonu was tied with the 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone for the strongest tropical cyclone in the entire northern Indian Ocean, and had the highest windspeed of any cyclone in this basin.[6]
Notable Cyclones
The Arabian sea saw some major cyclones during the end of 20th century and beginning of 21st century. Following are some major cyclones that formed in the arabian sea;
1998 Gujarat cyclone
- Fatalities At least 10,000 people died in India and 12 in Pakistan.[7][8]
- Damage $3 billion (1998 USD)[9]
- Record
1999 Pakistan cyclone
- Fatalities At least 6400 people died in Pakistan and one person died in India.[10]
- Damage $6 million (1999 USD)[11]
- Record
2001 Gujarat cyclone
- Fatalities At least 120 or 900 people died in India.[12]
- Damage Unknown
- Record
2007 Cyclone Gonu
- Fatalities At least 77 people died in Oman and another 28 people died in Iran.[13][14]
- Damage $4.2 billion (2007 USD) in Oman while 2 billion (2007 IRR) in Iran.[15][16]
- Record
2010 Cyclone Phet
- Fatalities About 15 people died in Pakistan, 24 people died in Oman while 5 people died in India.[17][18][19]
- Damage $780 million (2010 USD) in Oman[20]
- Record
List of tropical cyclones of Arabian sea
Following is a list of cyclones that formed in the Arabian sea since 1885 till 2010.
- 1885 Aden cyclone
- 1890 Oman cyclone
- 1959 Oman cyclone
- 1963 Oman cyclone
- 1965 Karachi cyclone
- 1977 Oman cyclone
- 1980 Maharashtra cyclone
- 1981 Indo-Pak cyclone
- 1982 Maharashtra cyclone
- 1983 Oman cyclone
- 1984 Somalia cyclone
- 1984 Somalia cyclone(4B)
- 1985 Indo-Pak cyclone
- 1986 Arabian sea cyclone
- 1987 Oman cyclone
- 1987 Mumbai cyclone
- 1988 India cyclone
- 1989 Gujarat cyclone
- 1991 Arabian sea cyclone
- 1992 Arabian sea cyclone
- 1992 Oman cyclone
- 1992 Western india cyclone
- 1992 Arabian sea cyclone
- 1992 Somalia cyclone
- 1993 Indo-Pak cyclone
- 1994 Oman cyclone
- 1994 Somalia cyclone
- 1995 Arabian sea cyclone
- 1996 Oman cyclone
- 1996 Gujarat cyclone
- 1996 Western india cyclone
- 1998 Gujarat cyclone
- 1998 western india cyclone
- 1998 Oman cyclone
- 1999 Pakistan cyclone
- 2001 India cyclone
- 2001 Arabian sea cyclone
- 2001 Arabian sea cyclone 03
- 2002 Oman cyclone
- 2003 Arabian sea cyclone
- 2004 Gujarat cyclone
- 2004 Cyclone Onil-First cyclone to be named in the North Indian ocean.
- 2004 Cyclone Agni
- 2006 Cyclone Mukda
- 2007 Cyclone Gonu
- 2007 Cyclone Yemyin
- 2009 Cyclone Phyan
- 2010 Cyclone Bandu
- 2010 Cyclone Phet
References
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- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/gonu.html
- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/gonu.html
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