An informative message Do you know why the cyclone which created huge destruction in Andhra Pradesh and Odhisa is called Hudhud? Well, the reason is quite interesting. No, it’s not the word from Salman Khan’s movie Dabangg‘s song. The word Hudhud comes from Arabic and refers to the hoopoe bird – the national bird of Israel. But the current cyclone is named by Oman. We will tell you how and why. The practice of naming cyclones began years ago in order to help identify a storm in alert messages, as the technical terms of each cyclone are hard to remember. Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center in USA. Likewise, the eight countries of India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand made an agreement and formed a list of names for cyclones in the Indian subcontinent and South East Asian regions. The Indian Meterological Department (IMD) which issues cyclone advisories for these eight countries has a list of 64 names. Interestingly, each country has submitted eight names to the list. When a cyclone occurs in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, a name is picked from the list in a particular order. The current cyclone is named Hudhud which is contributed by Oman in the list. Earlier, the cyclones were named Helen (Bangladesh), Lehar (India), Madi (Maldives) and Nanauk (Myanmar). In future when a cyclone will hit the region it will be called Nilofar (Pakistan), Ashoba (Sri Lanka) and Komen (Thailand). Information courtesy: IMD website
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:49:06 +0000
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