Important Facts For Prelims
Cyclone Amphan
- 18 May 2020
- 1 min read
Why in News
Recently, the National Crisis Management Committee reviewed the preparedness for the impending cyclone Amphan.
- At the national level, Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) are the key committees involved in the top-level decision-making related to Disaster Management.
Key Points
- Cyclone Amphan (pronounced as UM-PUN) is a tropical cyclone formed over Bay of Bengal that has intensified and likely to turn into a “super cyclonic storm (maximum wind speed is 120 knots)”.
- According to the India Meteorological Department forecast, it will make landfall as a very severe cyclone between the Sagar islands of West Bengal and the Hatiya islands of Bangladesh.
- It has been named by Thailand.
- Affected Regions:West Bengal, Odisha and Bangladesh.
- Amphan is the second pre-monsoon cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal in two years. The first one was Cyclone Fani.
- The pre-monsoon period is generally considered to be unsupportive for the formation of tropical cyclones.
