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Hurricane 'Yas' stronger than Ayla

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  • 21 May, 2021 11:46:23

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News Desk: Cyclone Yas is coming towards India. The cyclone was named after Oman. Its name in Arabic means despair. According to meteorologists, Yas may be stronger than Ampan or Ayla. On May 20 last year, Ampan swept through the heart of South Bengal. The whirlwind of a whirlwind again year after year. This time Yas is coming.

Oman gave the name Yas. In Arabic, Yas means desperation. At a time when panic and lockdown are engulfing people in a difficult corona atmosphere, natural disasters are approaching in the skies of Bengal. Meteorologist Sujeeb Kar expressed concern that the storm would take a long time to pass and would be worse than Ampan. In 2009, Ayla's maximum speed was 120 kilometers per hour. Cyclone Ampan was moving at a speed of 133 kilometers per hour. How much power will Yas show? This is everyone's concern now. Meteorologist Ramakrishna Dutt said Aila would have more wind speed than the damage she did, the more water she had, the more she would save, the more impact she would have.

Since it is the time of full moon, the tidal wave will be more than 2 meters. The meteorological organization and member countries of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia named the storm. The list includes Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Maldives, Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. These 13 countries have so far named 13 storms. The total number is 189. As Oman named Yas, so Pakistan named its next cyclone. Whose name is Gulab. Then there is Qatar. The name of the cyclone given to them is Shaheen. In this way, the names of the storms given by Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Yemen will be used.

It is worth mentioning that Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar in 2008. About one lakh 36 thousand people lost their lives. Cyclone Cedar hit Bangladesh in 2006. So that about 15 thousand people died. The 2004 tsunami killed at least 226,000 people in India, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. In 1991, Bangladesh cyclone killed more than one lakh people. In 1967, about one lakh people lost their lives in the Andhra Pradesh cyclone. Typhoon Nina struck China in 1975. It killed 2 lakh 29 thousand people. In 1980, Cyclone Bhola struck India and East Pakistan. It killed about 5 lakh people.

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