ABSTRACT
Tropical cyclones (TCs) are some of the most destructive weather phenomena on the Earth. They are called hurricanes in the North Atlantic region, typhoons in the western North Pacific and around China, and cyclones in the Indian Ocean–Arabian Sea–Bay of Bengal region. History is replete with stories and anecdotes of the fury of such storms and their consequences when they make landfall. Perhaps the deadliest cyclone to make landfall ever recorded was the Bhola cyclone in 1970 Current Era. A TC consists of a collection of thunderstorms organized in spirals around the center of the cyclone known as the “eye”. The most intense thunderstorms, the heaviest rain, and the strongest winds occur in the defining boundary of the eye known as the eyewall. TCs are born over warm waters of tropical oceans where the air is humid, near-surface winds converge over warm water, and thunderstorms develop and strengthen.
