Question: Cyclone ‘Amphon’ named by which of the following country?
(a) Thailand
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) India
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
Context:
- Recently,The National Crisis Management Committee reviewed the preparedness for the impending cyclone and directed immediate assistance to West Bengal and Odisha, which are likely to hit by the storm.
Major Highlights:
- 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.
- 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.
- West Bengal, Odisha and Bangladesh are the affected regions.
- 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.
Author: Achyutanand Pandey
Links:
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/10-facts-on-supercyclone-amphan-that-will-hit-bengal-tomorrow-2231442
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amphan-to-intensify-into-super-cyclone-by-evening-home-ministry/story-rtPJa0t5s7UtxJlK8DbNQP.html