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Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hikaa

Very severe cyclonic storm (IMD scale)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Hikaa at peak intensity on 23 September
Formed	22 September 2019
Dissipated	25 September 2019
(Remnant low after 24 September)
Highest winds	3-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph) 1-minute sustained: 155 km/h (100 mph)
Lowest pressure	972 hPa (mbar); 28.7 inHg
Fatalities	6 total
Damage	Unknown
Areas affected	Western India, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Part of the 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hikaa A depression formed in the Arabian Sea and soon intensified into a cyclonic storm and was named Hikaa. The system gradually intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and then reached its peak intensity as a very severe cyclonic storm with 90 mph 3-min sustained wind speeds. Hikaa weakened due to dry air intrusion and made landfall on Oman as a severe tropical cyclone. Hikaa quickly weakened after moving inland and later dissipated.

One person went missing after his boat sank off Duqm. Off the Omani coast, a boat carried 11 Indian fishermen sank due to Hikaa. As of October 17, six of them were confirmed dead, and the other five remained missing.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression