{"id":26127,"date":"2024-08-28T10:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T04:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26127"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:31:08","slug":"typhoon-shanshan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/typhoon-shanshan\/","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Shanshan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Tropical Cyclone:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A tropical cyclone is a significant weather phenomenon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation:<\/strong> These cyclones originate over <strong>warm ocean waters near the equator<\/strong>. Warm, moist air rises from the ocean surface, creating a low-pressure area.\n<ul>\n<li>Surrounding higher-pressure air moves towards this low-pressure zone, causing the air to warm up and rise further. As the rising air cools, it forms clouds.<\/li>\n<li>This system of spinning clouds and wind intensifies with the ocean\u2019s heat. As wind speeds increase, an eye forms at the centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Characteristics of a Tropical Cyclone:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Calm centre:<\/strong> The cyclone\u2019s centre is typically calm and clear, with very low air pressure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed:<\/strong> The average wind speed is around 120 km\/h.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Closed isobars:<\/strong> These cyclones have closed isobars, leading to higher wind velocities. Isobars are imaginary lines on a weather map that connect points of equal atmospheric pressure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> They form exclusively over oceans and seas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Movement:<\/strong> Tropical cyclones move from east to west, are influenced by trade winds, and are seasonal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Classification of Cyclones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyclones are categorised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/india-meteorological-department-imd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/a>based on wind speeds:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Depression:<\/strong> Wind speeds between 31\u201349 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deep depression:<\/strong> Wind speeds between 50-61 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyclonic storm:<\/strong> Wind speeds between 62\u201388 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Severe cyclonic storm:<\/strong> Wind speeds between 89-117 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Very severe cyclonic storm:<\/strong> Wind speeds between 118-166 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extremely severe cyclonic storm:<\/strong> Wind speeds between 166-221 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Super cyclonic storm:<\/strong> Wind speeds above 222 km\/h<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Naming of Tropical Cyclones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tropical cyclones are named by one of five regional bodies:\n<ul>\n<li>ESCAP\/WMO Typhoon Committee<\/li>\n<li>WMO\/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones<\/li>\n<li>RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee<\/li>\n<li>RA IV Hurricane Committee<\/li>\n<li>RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the Indian Ocean, the<strong> WMO\/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones <\/strong>is responsible for naming cyclones.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1. Which country has given the name to Cyclone Mandous?<\/h3>\n<p>The name, \u2018Mandous\u2019, was suggested by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2020 as a member of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/japan-typhoon-shanshan-southwestern-japan-9535353\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Typhoon Shanshan moves closer to Japan\u2019s coast; rains, winds cause flight and rail disruptions | World News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typhoon Shanshan is a tropical cyclone currently threatening Japan, having formed on August 21, 2024. It has reached Category 4 strength, with maximum sustained winds of 215 km\/h (130 mph) and a minimum pressure of 932 hPa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26127","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\/26127","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=26127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}