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===[[Cyclone Phet|2010 Cyclone Phet]]===
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*'''Fatalities''' About 15 people died in Pakistan, 24 people died in Oman while 5 people died in India.<ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-06/07/c_13337519.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ptinews.com/maintenance.htm?aspxerrorpath=/news/fullnews.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rains-claim-four-lives-in-kutch_1393385</ref>
*'''Fatalities''' About 15 people died in Pakistan, 24 people died in Oman while 5 people died in India.<ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-06/07/c_13337519.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ptinews.com/maintenance.htm?aspxerrorpath=/news/fullnews.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rains-claim-four-lives-in-kutch_1393385</ref>

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Cyclone 2A making landfall near Karachi, Pakistan in 1999

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

Gonu is the only category-5 Hurricane to form in the Arabian sea

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

Category 3




  • Fatalities At least 10,000 people died in India and 12 in Pakistan.[7][8]
  • Damage $3 billion (1998 USD)[9]
  • Record It is the fifth strongest cyclone in the Arabian sea.

1999 Pakistan cyclone

Category 3




  • Fatalities At least 6400 people died in Pakistan and one person died in India.[10]
  • Damage $6 million (1999 USD)[11]
  • Record According to the JTWC this cyclone is the forth strongest cyclone in the Arabian sea, since 2001 India cyclone is considered third strongest after Cyclone Phet.[12]

2001 Gujarat cyclone

Category 3




  • Fatalities At least 120 or 900 people died in India.[13]
  • Damage Unknown
  • Record In 2010, Cyclone Phet surpassed the 2001 cyclone as the second-strongest storm in the region, attaining winds of 240 km/h (145 mph), according to the JTWC.[14], thus making it the third strongest cyclone in the Arabian sea.

2007 Cyclone Gonu

Category 5




  • Fatalities At least 77 people died in Oman and another 28 people died in Iran.[15][16]
  • Damage $4.2 billion (2007 USD) in Oman while 2 billion (2007 IRR) in Iran.[17][18]
  • Record Cyclone Gonu set many records, it is the only cyclone to strike Iran.[19] and it is the most strongest cyclone ever to form in the Arabian sea.[20][21]

2010 Cyclone Phet

Category 4




  • Fatalities About 15 people died in Pakistan, 24 people died in Oman while 5 people died in India.[22][23][24]
  • Damage $780 million (2010 USD) in Oman[25]
  • Record According the JTWC, cyclone Phet is the second strongest cyclone after cyclone Gonu.[26]

List of tropical cyclones of Arabian sea

Following is a list of cyclones that formed in the Arabian sea since 1885 till 2010.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=2pMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA33&dq=Indian+Ocean+20%25&hl=en
  2. ^ http://www.mahalo.com/arabian-sea
  3. ^ http://www.mahalo.com/arabian-sea
  4. ^ http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/gonu.html
  5. ^ http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/gonu.html
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference jtwcbt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ http://www.munichre.com/en/service/404.aspx
  8. ^ http://www.typhoon2000.ph/jun98.txt
  9. ^ http://cidi.org/disaster/98a/0119.html
  10. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/41834850.html?dids=41834850:41834850&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+24%2C+1999&author=Smita+P.+Nordwall&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=400+dead%2C+6%2C000+missing+after+cyclone+hits+southern+Pakistan&pqatl=google
  11. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-zgcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tFkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=pakistan%20cyclone&pg=5489%2C512207
  12. ^ Joint Typhoon Warning Center (June 2, 2010). "Cyclone Phet (03A) Advisory Number Eight". Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  13. ^ http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may01.txt
  14. ^ Joint Typhoon Warning Center (June 2, 2010). "Cyclone Phet (03A) Advisory Number Eight". Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  15. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/5ccClL6ET
  16. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Gonu#cite_note-imd-2
  17. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/5ccClL6ET
  18. ^ http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10319787.htm
  19. ^ India Meteorological Department (2008). "Report on Cyclonic Disturbances over North Indian Ocean during 2007". Retrieved April 18, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference 63strongest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ Mostafa El Rafy, Yehia Hafez (April 23, 2008). "Anomalies in meterological fields over northern Asia and it's impact on Hurricane Gonu" (PDF). American Meteorological Society. Retrieved April 8, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ^ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-06/07/c_13337519.htm
  23. ^ http://www.ptinews.com/maintenance.htm?aspxerrorpath=/news/fullnews.aspx
  24. ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rains-claim-four-lives-in-kutch_1393385
  25. ^ http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49106920100607
  26. ^ Joint Typhoon Warning Center (June 2, 2010). "Cyclone Phet (03A) Advisory Number Eight". Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
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