[9], Moving northwards, the depression continually organised and became a cyclonic storm a few hours later, receiving the name Amphan. [24][25] Bangladeshi ports suspended the loading and unloading of goods onboard ships. As a result, cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh has destroyed communities and displaced millions of residents. [27] Ships were ordered out of some ports, such as the port of Paradip, to avoid damage. Cyclone Amphan, which is expected to hit Bengal on Wednesday, will weaken into an extremely severe cyclonic storm in the next six hours, the Met department has said. High humidity (oceans) fuel (latent heat) Warm ... Hydration of the Upper Troposphere by Tropical Cyclones. [49] In North 24 Parganas, 2 people were killed and up to 5,500 homes were damaged. [128] An estimated 176,000 hectares (435,000 acres) of farmland were affected by Amphan according to the Ministry of Agriculture, with mango farmers in Sathkhira taking the brunt of the agricultural impacts;[132] the Department of Agricultural Extension estimated that Amphan damaged 16 percent of Bangladesh's annual mango production,[133] while as much as 70 percent of mangoes in Sathkhira were damaged. [62] Storm alerts issued by the Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation encompassed 62 provinces, including Bangkok,[63] while warnings for flash floods, high waves, and landslides were issued for 14 provinces in southern Thailand. [106][103][107][108] The Calcutta Municipal Corporation stated that Amphan toppled over 4,000 electric poles, leaving much of the city without power for over 14 hours. [50] Several non-governmental agencies coordinated with the Cyclone Preparedness Programme to support Rohingya refugees at camps in Cox's Bazar during Amphan. [93] The resulting slow restoration of power sparked protests across West Bengal aimed primarily at electricity company CESC. Updated: May 19, 2020 1:10 pm IST. Moral said, “During the cyclone, we were at the cyclone shelter. The Downstream Influence of Organized Tropical Convection, Tropical Cyclones, and the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones over the Western Pacific Patrick Harr Naval Postgraduate School, - The Downstream Influence of Organized Tropical Convection, Tropical Cyclones, and the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones over the Western Pacific. [78][79] Over a million people were expected to evacuate from areas near the Bangladesh–India border. Cyclone Amphan: "Amphan", pronounced as "Um-pun", means sky. These conditions allowed Amphan to intensify from a Category 1-equivalent to a Category 5-equivalent cyclone within a short span of just 18 hours. On May 20, Cyclone Amphan made landfall over the coast of West Bengal, Odisha and Bangladesh. [47][68] Social distancing restrictions in West Bengal reduced evacuation capacity in shelters from 500,000 people to 200,000 people. [134], The cyclone produced heavy rainfall and strong winds in Sri Lanka while intensifying east of the island, affecting some 2,000 people and triggering floods and landslides. [126] Storm surge destroyed at least 500 homes on an island within the Noakhali District. Boats, helicopters, and crews were stationed by the Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lanka Navy throughout the island to bolster emergency response. [113] Four people died in Odisha, two from collapsed objects, one due to drowning,[94] and one from head trauma. [37], The European Union stated that it would initially provide €500,000 (US$545,000) for those affected by the storm in India. [96][125] Damaging effects began in Bangladesh prior to the landfall of Amphan as coastal water levels rose. [98] Flash floods in Kottampitiya and Pelmadulla prompted the evacuation of 60 people from homes susceptible to a possible landslide. [108] Across West Bengal, 88,000 hectares (217,000 acres) of rice paddies and 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of vegetable and sesame crops were damaged. [75][76] There were 5,767 more shelters in Bangladesh for Amphan than for Cyclone Bulbul, which struck the country in November 2019, due in part to social distancing restrictions. Amphan rapidly weakened once inland and dissipated shortly thereafter. [67] Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy initially identified 403 possible cyclone shelters in areas potentially impacted by Amphan, though 105 served as temporary medical centres for quarantines associated with the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic. [68], Amphan made landfall near Bakkhali in West Bengal at 2:30 p.m. IST on 20 May,[16] buffeting the region with strong winds and heavy rains. [4], During 13 May 2020, an area of low pressure developed over the Southeastern Bay of Bengal about 1020 km (635 mi) to the southeast of Visakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [137], The remnants of Amphan produced several days of unsettled weather across Bhutan, with the Tsirang District in particular seeing three days of heavy rain. All India Edited by Swati Sharma. They went door-to-door, ensuring that people took steps to keep themselves safe. [104], The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief in Bangladesh approved a ৳2.5–3 billion (US$29–35 million) budget to repair embankments damaged by Amphan. [92] Approximately 50,000 people were evacuated from the islands of the Sundarbans. This puts Amphan into the list of the most extreme rapid intensifications of tropical systems on Earth. [103] Collapsed embankments led to the inundation of 17 villages across Galachipa, Kalapara, and Rangabali. June 16, 2020 5:07:01 pm The political underpinnings of the devastation cannot be overlooked. Landslides and rockfalls across the nation blocked roadways and damaged homes. [132] Floods severely damaged or destroyed around 3,000 shrimp and crab farms. Beyond exceptional rapid intensification has occurred over the past 24 hours. [91] Nearly 220,000 homes were damaged, of which 55,667 were destroyed, rendering an estimated 500,000 people homeless according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. [69] The Kolkata Municipal Corporation located schools and community centres for possible use as temporary shelters to augment evacuation capacity. Jafar Iqbal, a village teacher, spent a night in a shelter while the cyclone raged outside. It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West Bengal since 1582, after 1737, 1833 and 1942, as well as being one of the strongest storm to impact the area. • Extremely severe cyclone Amphan (pronounced as Um-Pun) over the central parts of the South Bay and adjoining Central Bay of Bengal has spun into a class-topping super cyclone after howling winds around its core broke the threshold speeds. The storm was considered the strongest to hit the region in over a decade. Cyclone Amphan, which battered Bengal practically all day on Wednesday, has killed 72 people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Tracking northeastward, the disturbance organized over exceptionally warm sea surface temperatures; the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) upgraded the system to a tropical depression on 15 May while the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) followed suit the following day. World's Best PowerPoint Templates - CrystalGraphics offers more PowerPoint templates than anyone else in the world, with over 4 million to choose from. Amphan was the fiercest cyclone to hit West Bengal in a 100 years. 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[89] Two million people were expected to evacuate from low-lying areas of Bangladesh on 19 May;[90] Enamur Rahman, the Minister of Disaster Management and Relief, stated that the evacuation for Amphan in Bangladesh was unprecedented in scale. World's Best PowerPoint Templates - CrystalGraphics offers more PowerPoint templates than anyone else in the world, with over 4 million to choose from. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta since Sidr of the 2007 season and the first super cyclonic storm to have formed in the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. Cyclone Amphan has hit north-eastern India and Bangladesh, where millions are hunkering down in emergency shelters. [99] Although the extent of fatalities was less than initially feared, the cyclone's effects were nonetheless widespread and deadly. - TROPICAL CYCLONES HURRICANES TYPHOONS Katrina aiming for New Orleans 27 August 2005 TROPICAL CYCLONES (Hurricanes and Typhoons) Tropical Cyclones: Names and Nature ... Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones. • Cyclone Amphan damaged community and household infrastructure; especially houses, cross drainage and secondary dykes. Cyclone Amphan, hit West Bengal on May 20 claiming 86 lives so far and affecting over 10 million people in the eastern Indian state. 5.5 Tropical cyclones (TC) (terme g n rique signifiant d pression tropicale) Source : d apr s Chris Landsea et le site internet de la NOAA http://www.nhc ... - Fronts and Mid-latitude Cyclones SOEE 1400 : Lecture 8 Examples of ... Sting Jets in European Windstorms Tim Baker, Peter Knippertz & Alan Blyth Cyclone Friedhelm 08 ... - Transfer When a tropical cyclone travels from the Atlantic to the Pacific or vice versa its name is changed. [105] The cyclone produced sustained winds of 112 km/h (70 mph) and gusts to 190 km/h (120 mph), which were recorded by the Alipore observatory, Kolkata, West Bengal, damaging homes and uprooting trees and electric poles. On 17 May, Amphan underwent rapid intensification and became an extremely severe cyclonic storm within 12 hours. [31] Rail and vehicular traffic in Odisha and West Bengal was halted or rerouted. [22] Ships and aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard directed fishing boats to harbour in coordination with the administrations and fisheries departments of Odisha and West Bengal. Cyclone Amphan: West Bengal, Assam and Sikkim brace for overflowing rivers, flooding As on Tuesday afternoon, Super Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall along Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya islands in Bangladesh, and maintain a wind speed ranging between 155 – 165km / hr gusting to 195km / … And, best of all, most of its cool features are free and easy to use. - CE QUE NE SONT PAS LES CYCLONES TROPICAUX. [51] The Department of Public Health Engineering distributed sanitation supplies and set up 15 water treatment plants. [61] Two people were killed in Kegalle, where 214 mm (8.4 in) of rain fell in 24 hours. [85] Over 141,000 people were ultimately moved to shelters in coastal Odisha. Some of the buoys in the Bay of Bengal registered maximum surface temperatures of 32-34 degrees Celsius consecutively for the first two weeks of May. And they’re ready for you to use in your PowerPoint presentations the moment you need them. [26] Smaller vessels in the harbour at Chittagong were moved to safety upstream the Karnaphuli River. [80] Around 4,000 personnel from the SDRF oversaw evacuations in India. Cyclone Amphan, hit West Bengal on May 20 claiming 86 lives so far and affecting over 10 million people in the eastern Indian state. Cyclone Amphan slammed into India’s coast on Wednesday afternoon, knocking down huge trees, bringing ropes of rain and sending millions of poor villagers rushing into evacuation shelters. 236 mm of rain was recorded in Kolkata. The storm began an eyewall replacement cycle shortly after it reached its peak intensity, but the continued effects of dry air and wind shear disrupted this process and caused Amphan to gradually weaken as it paralleled the eastern coastline of India. [93][101] About 26,000 homes were destroyed in Gosaba. Amphan has intensified from 65 knots (75 mph) sustained winds to 140 knots (160 mph). Beyond exceptional rapid intensification has occurred over the past 24 hours. [3][93][102] Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described the storm's effects there as worse than that of COVID-19. But the camps still felt the effects of ferocious wind and rain. Coastal areas in West Bengal comprising East Midnapore, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Hooghly and Howrah as well as Odisha were affected by the cyclone. [19] The formation of the precursor low-pressure system prompted the IMD to issue a cyclonic alert for India's coastline along the Bay of Bengal, advising fishermen not to sail to susceptible locations in the Bay of Bengal from 15 to 18 May. [115] Strong winds inflicted severe damage in Kottayam district, especially in Vaikom taluk, where homes and temples were impacted and trees and electric poles were downed. At least 500 homes were destroyed and a further 15,000 were damaged. [93] The government of Odisha sent 500 members of its disaster rapid action force and fire service to West Bengal. 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[10] On 17 May, conditions for significant intensification became more conducive as upper-level winds improved. [140], On 22 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey over Kolkata, along with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The powerful storm ripped through eastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh. [72] Pandemic constraints on shelters in Bangladesh prompted deputy commissioners in 19 coastal districts to seize educational institutions and mosques for use as shelters. These are record temperatures driven by climate change — we have never seen such high values until now." Whether your application is business, how-to, education, medicine, school, church, sales, marketing, online training or just for fun, PowerShow.com is a great resource. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Review Extratropical cyclones generally first ... - These animations will illustrate the concepts of cyclone and anticyclone, Cloud Patterns in Subtropical Cyclones / Hybrid Systems. Super cyclone 'Amphan' weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday but still packed enough force to pulverize the coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal where lakhs of people were evacuated from vulnerable areas and shifted to safety, officials said. [91] Three hundred shelters in Cox's Bazar were damaged by flooding and landslides. Roxy Mathew Koll, a scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and lead author of IPCC Oceans and Cryosphere, stated that: "Our research shows that high ocean temperatures are conducive for rapid intensification of cyclones in the north Indian Ocean. When he went home the next day, he found his house badly damaged. … In Canning a wind speed of 157 km/h (98 mph) with gusting up to 185 km/h (115 mph) was recorded, while nearby nimpith and Sagar Island observed 155 km/h (96 mph) and 111 km/h (69 mph) wind speed. [83] The Odisha government took a more targeted evacuation approach for Amphan than in previous storms where more widespread evacuations were utilized. If so, share your PPT presentation slides online with PowerShow.com. Cyclone Amphan was a Cat-5 equivalent super cyclone and became the strongest storm since 1999 Odisha Cyclone. [132] Amphan left 22 million electricity customers without power. It also caused significant destruction in Bangladesh. The greatest inundations were expected in the Sundarbans, where flooding could extend 15 km (9.3 mi) inland. Cyclone Amphan hit on May 20 with heavy rains, a massive storm surge and sustained winds of 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 190 kph (118 mph). Or use it to find and download high-quality how-to PowerPoint ppt presentations with illustrated or animated slides that will teach you how to do something new, also for free. [27] According to Inter-Services Public Relations, 145 disaster management teams from the Bangladesh Armed Forces were placed on standby with special equipment. A ₹1.47 billion (US$19.3 million) damage toll resulted from the destruction of 16 homes and the partial damage of 313 homes. The Bangladesh Army deployed 71 medical teams and arranged 18,400 packets and relief materials in preparation for Amphan's aftermath. The storm in West Bengal caused massive damage to standing crops, thousands of trees were uprooted, and power and water supply was interrupted in the state capital Kolkata. [142][143] In advance, Modi announced that ₹200,000 (US$2,650) would be provided to the next of kin of people who died during the storm, and ₹50,000 (US$660) would be given to each injured person. Rainfall proved beneficial for the country's hydroelectric power production with the Mangdechhu hydroelectric plant producing 791.39 MW of power, more than its intended capacity of 720 MW. - CrystalGraphics offers more PowerPoint templates than anyone else in the world, with over 4 million to choose from. - Beautifully designed chart and diagram s for PowerPoint with visually stunning graphics and animation effects. WhatsApp. - Identifying Tropical Cyclones in Model Simulations Asuka Suzuki-Parker NCAR Earth System Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR is Sponsored by NSF ... - Wind Speed vs. Atmospheric Pressure Eye Wall Velocities in Cross Section Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge ... Tracking Tropical Cyclones in the Northwest Pacific During El Nino, - Tracking Tropical Cyclones in the Northwest Pacific During El Nino Andy Chan Environmental and Water Resources Engineering University of Texas at Austin. - Tropical cyclones hydrate the UT by 10-50% above monthly mean values in a 1500 ... tropical cyclones are most effective at hydrating the UT but nearly all cyclones ... - Will not form within 5o of equator (no Coriolis) Tropical Cyclone Features. [55] The Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh advised coastal farmers to harvest all mature paddy fields to mitigate the estimated loss of 12 percent of crop yield. Cyclone Amphan causes havoc in India and Bangladesh The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at … [95] Approximately 1,167 km (725 mi) of power lines of varying voltages,[112] 126,540 transformers, and 448 electrical substations were affected, leaving 3.4 million without power. Cyclone 'Amphan' to turn into severe storm in next 12 hours; to make landfall in Bengal on May 20. What type of energy does a tropical cyclone release? Most of the evacuations in India occurred in West Bengal. [88] Officials farther inland in Dhanbad and Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, were also instructed to move people from susceptible housing to safety. The system in 1999 killed more than 9,000 people after it hit the Orissa coast. [124][127] A 2.7-m (9 ft) storm surge breached 150 km (93 mi) of embankments, leading to the inundation of roughly 100 villages. Cyclone Amphan made landfall Wednesday afternoon near the town of Digha, on India’s eastern coast. Just six hours after landfall, the JTWC downgraded the storm to a Category 1-equivalent cyclone and issued its final warning on the system, as it became disorganized. [104] Approximately 1,000 ground teams worked to restore infrastructure and services in West Bengal after Amphan, though only 25–30 percent of workers were staffed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Signal #10 was also issued for eleven coastal districts, in addition to offshore islands and islands within the Ganges Delta. [104] Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik performed an aerial survey of the damage in his state following Amphan. [49] An estimated storm surge of 5 m (16 ft) inundated a wide swath of coastal communities and communications were severed. [54] Fifteen thousand volunteers and 284 medical teams were prepared to render aid around Chittagong. On 20 May, between 10:00 and 11:00 UTC, the cyclone made landfall in West Bengal. The IMD predicted a storm surge as high as 3–5 m (10–16 ft). Roughly 2,500 phone towers operated by the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh were disabled by the cyclone. Lakhs of people were rendered homeless as the cyclone cut a path of destruction through half-a … [101] The state government estimated that the storm caused at least ₹1.02 trillion (US$13.5 billion) in damage and directly affected 70 percent of the state's population. As the storm approached from the Bay of Bengal this week, hundreds of … • Over 176,000 hectares of productive land with standing crops and fish/shrimp farms washed away. The first tropical storm of the 2020 cyclone season, Amphan devastated buildings, roads, livelihoods and lives in its path across the eastern part of the subcontinent. [131], The Department of Fisheries estimated that Tk2.17 billion (US$25.6 million) in losses to crab, finfish, and shrimp were sustained by 40,800 farmers due primarily to the flooding of farms. Around 5:30 p.m. IST (12:00 UTC), Amphan made landfall as a Very Severe Cyclonic storm near Bakkhali, West Bengal with winds of 155 km/h (100 mph). [86][87][22] The NDRF reported that over 500,000 people evacuated from Odisha and West Bengal. [82] Magistrates were directed to begin evacuating residents from vulnerable homes and low-lying areas in Odisha the following day. Cutoff Cyclones: A Global and Regional Climatology and Two Case Studies, - Cutoff Cyclones: A Global and Regional Climatology and Two Case Studies, Tropical Cyclones Also: Hurricanes, Typhoons. Office of Special Relief Commissioner: 18.05.2020: Evacuation of vulnerable people to safe shelters in the wake of Super Cyclone-AMPHAN-Taking Care against spread of COVID-19 . Amphan started from low pressure in the Southeast Bay of Bengal on 13th May and became a cyclonic storm on 16th, centered around 1100km south of Paradip. [144] Twenty disaster relief teams were dispatched by the Indian Coast Guard to begin search and rescue operations. Die Zyklonsaison im Nordindik 2020 ist ein andauerndes Ereignis im jährlichen Zyklus der Bildung tropischer Wirbelstürme.Die Zyklonsaison im Nordindik hat keine offiziellen Grenzen, doch bilden sich die meisten Stürme üblicherweise zwischen März und Dezember, mit Spitzen zwischen April und Mai sowie im … [96] A ship evacuating residents of a coastal community sank, killing one person. These losses were most significant in Khulna and Barisal. | PowerPoint PPT presentation | free to view. Flash flooding in Threna damaged crops and prompted the evacuation of five households. CrystalGraphics 3D Character Slides for PowerPoint, - CrystalGraphics 3D Character Slides for PowerPoint. [11] Furthermore, the IMD upgraded Amphan to an extremely severe cyclonic storm on their cyclone intensity scale. [103] A million homes were damaged in South 24 Parganas and breached embankments led to the flooding of villages and swaths of cropland. The tropical cyclone #Amphan is now a Category 5 cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. The catastrophic event has significantly disturbed distribution channels in the region and ... PowerPoint Presentation Author: [81] Evacuations began on 17 May in Jagatsinghpur, beginning with the elderly and pregnant living in thatched homes. [103] Embankments in the region were overtaken by the surge, leading to inundation of the islands in the Sundarbans. Spiral bands ... to specify conditions and see how they impact storm formation ... Three-Dimensional Airflow Through Fronts and Midlatitude Cyclones. Another ৳1.5 billion (US$18 million) was distributed to each district heavily impacted by the storm, along with 500 bundles of corrugated tin sheets. Flooded rivers affected parts of Rangabali and Galachipa upazilas in Patuakhali district and parts of Khulna district. Tropical cyclone (tropics) 4. Amphan has intensified from 65 knots (75 mph) sustained winds to 140 knots (160 mph).