{"id":28837,"date":"2024-12-18T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28837"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:26:56","slug":"cyclone-chido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclone-chido\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Chido"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Cyclone Chido:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cyclone Chido<\/strong> recently struck <strong>Mayotte<\/strong>, a <strong>French Indian Ocean territory<\/strong> located in the <strong>Mozambique Channel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Wind speeds reached <strong>200 km\/h<\/strong>, making it the <strong>strongest cyclone to hit Mayotte in over 90 years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Mayotte<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geographical location<\/strong>: Mayotte is part of the <strong>Comoros archipelago<\/strong>, situated in the <strong>Mozambique Channel<\/strong> of the <strong>Indian Ocean<\/strong>. It consists of two main islands: <strong>Grande Terre<\/strong> (main island) and <strong>Petite Terre<\/strong> (Pamandzi, smaller island).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is a Cyclone?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclone\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>cyclone<\/strong><\/a> is a large-scale air system that rotates around the centre of a <strong>low-pressure area<\/strong>, typically bringing violent storms and extreme weather conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>Northern Hemisphere<\/strong>, cyclones rotate <strong>anticlockwise<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Southern Hemisphere<\/strong>, cyclones rotate <strong>clockwise<\/strong> due to the <strong>Coriolis effect<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Calm Center<\/strong>: The centre (eye) of the cyclone remains calm with <strong>low air pressure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High Wind Speed<\/strong>: Cyclones generally have an average speed of around <strong>120 km\/h<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Closed Isobars<\/strong>: Isobars (lines of equal atmospheric pressure) are tightly packed, leading to <strong>high wind velocity<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation Over Oceans<\/strong>: Cyclones develop <strong>only over warm oceans and seas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>East-to-West Movement<\/strong>: Cyclones are influenced by <strong>trade winds<\/strong>, moving from <strong>east to west<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seasonal Nature<\/strong>: They occur during specific seasons, depending on regional climatic conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Classification of Cyclones:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/strong> classifies cyclones based on <strong>wind speeds<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Depression<\/strong>: 31\u201349 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deep Depression<\/strong>: 50\u201361 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: 62\u201388 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Severe Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: 89\u2013117 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Very Severe Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: 118\u2013166 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: 166\u2013221 km\/h<\/li>\n<li><strong>Super Cyclonic Storm<\/strong>: Above 222 km\/h<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1. What is an Anticyclone?<\/h3>\n<p>An anticyclone is a large-scale wind system that rotates around a center of high atmospheric pressure. In the Northern Hemisphere, it rotates clockwise, while in the Southern Hemisphere, it rotates counterclockwise. Its wind flow direction is the opposite of that of a cyclone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-deeply-saddened-by-cyclone-chido-devastation-offers-relief-assistance-latest-updates-101734432266059.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PM Modi condoles Cyclone Chido devastation in Mayotte, offers relief assistance | Latest News India &#8211; Hindustan Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Chido recently struck Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean territory located in the Mozambique Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28837","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\/28837","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=28837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}