Cyclone “AMPHAN” has developed into a super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal on 19 May. The intensification of the storm from category I cyclone to category V in less than 18 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cyclone AMPHAN is linked with climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reasons including high Sea Surface Temperature, low Vertical Shear Winds, and enough Moisture in the middle layers of the atmosphere led to the intensification of the cyclone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amphan is the first super cyclone to hit the North-eastern region of Bangladesh and the Khulna-Chattogram region in the past 20 years since a super cyclone-hit Odisha in 1999 causing widespread damage and loss of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cyclones are a large scale air mass that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure. It rotates counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere around a low-pressure center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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