Tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean in 2020 Recently, in the northern Indian ocean, a powerful cyclone "Nisarga" slammed near Maharashtra and the Gujarat coast area. Mumbai has seen a cyclone of this nature after 129 years. Nisarga’s wind speed was at Mumbai region 110 km/h. At Alibaug, the wind speed was recorded 120-140 km/h. More than 100,000 people from Maharashtra and Gujarat coast are evacuated to a safer place with the help of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). Just fifteen days earlier, a powerful super Cyclonic Storm Amphan caused severe damages in Eastern India and Bangladesh region . Amphan reached its peak intensity with three minutes sustained wind speeds of 240 km/h one minute sustained wind speeds of 260 km/h. On 20 May, the cyclone made landfall in West Bengal. it was rapidly weakened thereafter. Nearly 100 people have lost their lives and causing over US$13 billion of damages. Amphan is also the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North India...
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