Major Tropical Cyclones of India (2020)(8)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Typhoons | Western Pacific Ocean regions |
| Hurricanes | North Atlantic & Eastern Pacific Ocean regions |
| Tropical cyclones | around the Indian Ocean regions |
| Willy Willy | North Australian regions |
| Tornadoes | USA |
| Baguio | China Sea regions |
| Month: May(16 | 21) |
| Month: June(1 | 4) |
Naming of Cyclones
Cyclones are named after the wind speed reaches 34 nautical miles per hour. Once the wind speed exceedsover 74 mphthey are classified as cyclones (or other names depending upon the region).
A group of 8 nations(India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan & the Maldives)in the Indian Ocean region formed an organization calledWMO/ESCAP(World Meteorological Organisation/United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) for naming the cyclones occurring in the region.
Later in 2018, five more countries(Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE & Yemen)joined in.
Each country will submit 13 names to the cyclone name list every year. This list is submitted to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) which publishes the cyclone name list.
The upcoming cyclones will be named column-wise according to the list given below:
When IMD decided to make new a list of 169 names suggested by the WMO/ESCAP members, Amphan was the last name used from the previous list.