Despite the inactivity, an unusual tropical depression formed on April 25– the record earliest start to an Eastern Pacific hurricane season since reliable records began in 1966. Subtropical Storm Alpha, the first Greek-named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, made an extremely rare landfall in Portugal, as well as breaking several other records such as the easternmost forming tropical cyclone on record in the basin. Then two cyclones named Gretel and Harold formed in Coral Sea on March and April respectively. Sarai formed on December 23, lasting into the new year before finally ceasing to exist on January 2. Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Amanda was the costliest storm of the season after its El Salvador landfall. In July, almost no storms formed, marking the quietest July in over 130 years. Two more storms formed in the Bay of Bengal - Nivar and Burevi, both impacting south India. Private meteorological company Skymet has reported that the Very Severe Cyclone Vayu may not hit Gujarat and may just drift away from the Saurashtra coast. In particular, Goni became tied with Meranti and Haiyan as the most intense typhoon recorded in the Eastern Hemisphere on record, and the most intense cyclone recorded to make landfall in history, with sustained one-minute winds of 315 km/h (195 mph) causing historical levels of damage in the Philippines. With the month of March being the least active of the year, Intense Tropical Cyclone Herold formed, becoming the first major tropical cyclone, which is Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Krovanh was responsible for at least $2.28 million USD in damage and eight dead in the Philippines. 2 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2020 are counted in the seasonal totals. Another one of them has been moving in and out of the Australian region. The month of February was fairly active, seeing thirteen tropical cyclones develop, with eight being named. 6The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone are based on Météo-France which uses wind gusts. Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers. The final typhoon of the season was Typhoon Vamco, which was another serious Philippine typhoon. Over 50,000 People Evacuated In Gujarat, Daman Ahead Of Cyclone Nisarga. It was designated 06F by the Fiji Meteorological Service. According to senior meteorologists at Skymet. The brewing cyclone comes as Maharashtra and Gujarat, particularly Mumbai, deal with the COVID-19 pandemic at an extraordinary scale compared to the rest of the country. As the month began, both Calvinia and Sarai were weakening and gradually dissipated over the next few days. In the Mediterranean Sea, a powerful system unofficially named Ianos by Greece formed and affected Sicily and Greece, with winds peaking at 120 km/h (75 mph) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb (29.38 inHg). It have become extratropical on December 20. [8][9][10] As a result of the use of schools as quarantine facilities for COVID-19, some schools could not be used as evacuation shelters. Cyclone Amphan – 2020 Cyclone Amphan is a very powerful tropical cyclone of 2020 raising over the Bay of Bengal around the state of Odisha and West Bengal in India. In the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, COVID-19, travel and social distancing restrictions associated with the pandemic were lifted for those seeking safe houses and evacuation shelters during Cyclone Harold. This made Gati the first hurricane force cyclone to strike the country since reliable records began. Iota was also the strongest storm in terms of wind speed, peaking with a strength of 160 mph or as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Cristobal formed from the remnants of Amanda in May and affected Mexico and the United States, becoming the earliest third named storm in the North Atlantic Ocean on record. By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 2, 2020 7:34:46 am. 2020 had a slightly above average amount of tropical cyclones forming in the year. The last depression dissipated in early December. Two additional low formed, one formed but exited the basin on December 20 and another Zone of Disturbed Weather formed near Diego Garcia, which strengthened to Severe Tropical Storm Chalane, which made landfall on Madagascar and Mozambique, the first tropical cyclone for this season to make landfall. The curtains will get drawn shortly for both Northeast Monsoon and Post Monsoon season on 31st December 2020. Gati later became a Category 3 tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, and made landfall in the Arabian Peninsula. An average Pacific typhoon season features 26 tropical storms, 16 typhoons, and 9 super typhoons (unofficial category). According to Skymet, there are fair chances that the cyclone may just skirt the Gujarat coast near Porbandar, close to Dwarka or Okha coast. It strengthened into severe tropical cyclone Uesi and affected New Caledonia and New Zealand. The Eastern Pacific was very quiet, only featuring Norbert while the Western Pacific was active featuring numerous tropical systems which also led to severe floods in Vietnam, including Saudel, Molave, and Goni. On January 24, a depression formed and dissipated the next day without been named. It also features an average Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of approximately 294, as the basin is typically the most active of the year, every year. Most destruction was due to Laura, which caused about $16.1 billion (2020 USD) in damage and killed seventy people in Louisiana. The month of May was marginally active with eight tropical cyclones developing and six of those being named. Although not directly making landfall, Hurricane Genevieve passed very close to Baja California Sur and caused minor damage. On November 14, another tropical disturbance formed off the coast of Madagascar; however, on November 16 the system failed to organise due to unfavourable vertical wind shear according to JTWC. Its remnants then affected Malta and Libya. In the North Atlantic the incredibly active season continued with Theta and Iota having developed and breaking the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season, surpassing that of 2005. More than 50,000 people living in … It hit Christmas Island and dissipated quickly after making landfall in Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Following after Higos, a series of typhoons named Bavi, Maysak, and Haishen formed, all impacting South Korea and Haishen becoming the strongest of the month as a near-Category 5 equivalent typhoon. At the beginning of the month, the active Tropical Low 01U later became Severe Tropical Storm Bongoyo although the precursor of the storm formed in November and is thus is counted as part of that month. [4] In September, NOAA confirmed that the environment shifted to a La Niña pattern, based on lower than normal water temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator. However, they began to warm up significantly that Spring, with the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the Main Development Region all having well above-average sea surface temperatures. The Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan is the first super cyclonic storm and also the first pre monsoon super cyclone of this century. It went on to strengthen into a super cyclonic storm, being designated Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan, and make landfall in India three days later, becoming the costliest storm ever recorded in the basin. It was also the fourth most intense South Pacific tropical cyclone after Winston, Zoe, Pam, while Zazu dissipated into an extratropical cyclone. Impacts of two tropical cyclones, cyclone Nisarga in Maharashtra and Gujarat and cyclone Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha, have reinforced the urgency of climate adaptation and building resilience into urban and environmental planning for coastal megacities. Nivar was in late November and affected East India. The South Atlantic Ocean had a record breaking three named systems in 2020; Subtropical Storm Kurumí in late January, Subtropical Storm Mani in late October, and Subtropical Storm Oquira in late December. In the West Pacific, the third tropical depression of the formed on July 11 and at the end of the month featured Typhoon Hagupit, the second typhoon of the season, and Tropical Storm Sinlaku. During most of the year, sea surface temperatures were moderately below normal near the equator, and were highest around 160° E from August to October. As many as 50,000 living near the coastline in South Gujarat have already been shifted to safer places while work is in progress to evacuate more people, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue, Pankaj Kumar said. The exception was the number of tropical storms, featuring 17, which was slightly above average for the basin. Another depression formed in the West Pacific in the middle of the month and eventually strengthened into Tropical Storm Krovanh over the South China Sea. Featuring only seventeen tropical storms (sixteen received names), four hurricanes, and three major hurricanes, the 2020 Pacific hurricane season was the least active season in exactly a decade. The cyclone though weakened to a cyclonic storm just before making landfall between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around Puducherry. Furthermore, Bertha formed in the Atlantic and marked the first time since 2016 that two pre-season storms have formed in the Atlantic, as well as the first time since 2012 that two tropical depressions or storms formed in the month of May. It made landfall on July 26. Though there are no official bounds as such for cyclones to form in the Indian Seas but predominantly the cyclone season runs from March to June and from October to December. In quick succession another Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nivar came up in the Bay of Bengal between 23rd November to 27th November. It rapidly weakened and dissipated the next day. The month of July was active, with 14 tropical cyclones forming and 9 being named. Typhoon Goni in October–November was the strongest and most intense storm of the season and year. Two people lost their lives due to rain-related incidents caused by the cyclone’s effect. [6][7] When Typhoon Vongfong struck the Philippines in May, evacuation shelters were filled to half-capacity to comply with social distancing guidelines, requiring more evacuation centers to house refugees. Near the end of the month, Dolly formed in the North Atlantic Ocean and became the third-earliest fourth named storm in the basin on record but dissipated before reaching any land. Parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat dealt with heavy rainfall caused by the effect of the cyclone Nisarga. The first storm may hit the coastal areas between June 1 and 3, while the second cyclone named Nisarga can hit Kutch, hitting Dwarka, Okha and Morbi in Gujarat between June 4-5. As 2020 began, sea surface temperatures were above normal in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator, which had the potential to develop into El Niño conditions. No tropical cyclones developed until January 19, which was very late in the calendar year. Indian seas witnessed 5 tropical cyclones: 3 over Bay of Bengal and 2 in the Arabian Sea. On December 13, 15:00 UTC, 02F intensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone Yasa according to Australian scale. In October, Typhoon Chan-hom was the longest-lived storm of the season, Typhoon Saudel was another contributing storm to the Vietnam flood event, Tropical Storm Linfa became the deadliest storm of the season and year, and Typhoon Molave caused catastrophic damage to the Philippines. 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Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, sea surface temperatures were near normal in the early parts of the year. It was later joined by Fay on July 9, which became the earliest-forming sixth named storm in the basin and proceeding to make an unusual landfall in New Jersey, surpassing the previous July 21 record set by Franklin (2005). In the North Indian Ocean, BOB 02, ARB 03 and BOB 03 formed which caused the delay of the withdrawal of southwest monsoon season and flash flooding in Telengana and Maharashtra. Tropical Disturbance 02F was designated sometime later, but didn't last long after that. Damien became the first and strongest storm of the month, impacting the Pilbara Region of Western Australia as a Category 2 tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The strongest storm of the year was Yasa, peaking with a pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg) and with 10-minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph). Delta and Zeta impacted the Yucátan Peninsula before making landfall in Louisiana. Many records were broken throughout the season, including the extreme rate of tropical cyclone formations, the second time on record that the Greek naming system for named storms was used, and the strength of the storms which formed in the months of October and November. Most meteorological organizations rate the intensity of a storm by this figure, so the lower the minimum pressure of the storm, the more intense or "stronger" it is considered to be. In the North Indian Ocean the season resumed activity with Gati forming off the coast of Somalia in the Arabian Sea which explosively intensifying into a Category 3 equivalent tropical cyclone, becoming the strongest tropical cyclone to ever make landfall in Somalia. Later that month, a tropical low formed and lasted for a week before dissipating in late January without been named. For only the third time ever, and the first in a decade, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is the most active of the year, beating the typhoon season, which had below-average statistics, especially in the count of super typhoons. This is only the fourth time ever that the typhoon season wasn't the most active season; three times (2005, 2010 and 2020) it was the Atlantic hurricane season, the fourth (and only time the most active season wasn't in the Northern Hemisphere) being the 1973 Australian cyclone season. Not before a week after, another tropical cyclone named Burevi made a rare landfall in Sri Lanka. Amphan made landfall at Bakkhali in West Bengal with raging wind speed of 240kmh. Irondro later followed on April 1, and concluded with the dissipation of Jeruto on April 16. Partially as a result, most of the storms make landfall in Philippines. The sum of the number of systems and fatalities in each basin will not equal the number shown as the total. 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