Important Facts For Prelims
Cyclone Maha
- 31 Oct 2019
- 1 min read
A depression that developed in the Comorin Sea (near the southernmost end of India) has intensified into a cyclonic storm, named ‘Maha’.
- The name has been given by Oman.
- It lies centered over Lakshadweep and the adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and the Maldives area.
- Cyclone storm ‘Maha’ is the second in the 2019 northeast monsoon season, following close on the heels of super cyclone Kyarr which took its way towards the Arabian peninsula.
