{"id":10660,"date":"2023-05-12T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10660"},"modified":"2025-03-29T21:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:09:28","slug":"cyclone-mocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclone-mocha\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Mocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Cyclone Mocha:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>tropical cyclone<\/strong> formed <strong>over the southern Bay of Bengal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The cyclone&#8217;s <strong>name \u2018Mocha\u2019 is suggested by Yemen<\/strong> and was named after the Red Sea port city, which is known to have introduced coffee to the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How a Tropical Cyclone Formed?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A tropical cyclone is <strong>formed only over warm ocean waters near the equator.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Warm, <strong>moist air rises up <\/strong>and away from the ocean surface, <strong>creating an area of low pressure.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>causes the air from surrounding areas with higher pressure to move towards the low-pressure area.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This leads to the <strong>warming up of air<\/strong> and <strong>causes it to rise above<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>As the air rises &amp; cools<\/strong>, the <strong>water in the air forms clouds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This <strong>complete system of clouds and wind spins &amp; grows<\/strong>, along with the ocean\u2019s heat.<\/li>\n<li>As the wind rotation speed increases, <strong>an eye gets formed in the middle<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics of a Tropical Cyclone<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>centre of a cyclone is very calm<\/strong> and clear with <strong>very low air pressure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>average speed is 120 kmph<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They have <strong>closed isobars<\/strong> which <strong>leads to greater velocity<\/strong>. Isobars are imaginary lines on a weather map that connect locations with equal atmospheric pressure.<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>develop over oceans and seas only<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>move from east to west<\/strong> under the <strong>influence of trade winds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>seasonal in nature.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>How are Cyclones Classified<\/strong>? Cyclones are classified <strong>on the basis of wind<\/strong> speed by the <strong>Indian Meteorological Department (IMD):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Depression<\/strong>: Wind speeds of between <strong>31\u201349 km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deep Depression<\/strong>: Between <strong>50-61 km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: Between <strong>62\u201388 km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Severe Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: Between <strong>89-117 Km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Very Severe Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: Between <strong>118-166 Km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: Between <strong>166-221 Km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Super Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: Above <strong>222 Km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is a Tropical Cyclone?\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>A tropical cyclone is a rapid rotating storm originating over tropical oceans from where it draws the energy to develop. It has a low pressure centre and clouds spiraling towards the eyewall surrounding the &#8220;eye&#8221;, the central part of the system where the weather is normally calm and free of clouds. Its diameter is typically around 200 to 500 km, but can reach 1000 km.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/cyclone-mocha-updates-severe-storm-bay-of-bengal-imd-rainfall-prediction-sunday-weather-heatwave-alert-101683822589990.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Cyclone Mocha to intensify into severe cyclonic storm; IMD issues warning<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Mocha is a tropical cyclone formed over the southern Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}