Cyclone Remal, after its landfall over the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast turned into a cyclonic storm and affected large parts of North East India.
Types of cyclone |
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Tropical cyclone |
They form over warm ocean waters near the equator and are characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and heavy rain. |
Extratropical cyclone |
They are also known as mid-latitude cyclones, form outside the tropics and typically occur between 30° and 60° latitude. |
Subtropical cyclone |
They have characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones, they typically form in the subtropics, between 20° and 35° latitude, |
Polar lows |
They are also known as Arctic or Antarctic hurricanes, are small, intense, short-lived cyclones that form over the ocean in polar regions. |
Mesocyclones |
They are smaller-scale cyclonic circulations associated with severe thunderstorms. They occur within a convective storm and can lead to the development of tornadoes. |
Medicanes |
Mediterranean hurricanes, are rare tropical-like cyclones that occur in the Mediterranean Sea. |
Remal was named by Oman following standard conventions of naming tropical cyclones, in arabic remal means “Sand”
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