{"id":87689,"date":"2026-02-13T18:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=87689"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:43:26","slug":"cyclone-midhili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclone-midhili\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Midhili, Formation, Classification, Naming, Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Cyclone is a large rotating weather system formed around a low pressure area, characterized by inward spiraling winds. In the Northern Hemisphere, winds rotate counterclockwise and such systems usually develop between 5\u00b0 and 30\u00b0 latitude over warm ocean waters above 26\u00b0C. Cyclone Midhili was one such tropical cyclone that formed over the southeastern Bay of Bengal on 14 November 2023 which intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Cyclone Midhili Formation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyclone Midhili originated as a low pressure area over the southeastern <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bay-of-bengal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay of Bengal<\/a><\/strong> in 2023 and intensified steadily under favourable oceanic conditions. The system strengthened into a cyclonic storm on 17 November and further intensified before making landfall near Khepupara in Patuakhali District of Bangladesh. After landfall, it weakened rapidly and dissipated over Tripura on 18 November, leaving significant human and economic losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Cyclone Midhili Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyclone Midhili developed in November 2023 and severely impacted Bangladesh and Northeast India with heavy rain and strong winds.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Naming<\/strong>: The name \u201cMidhili\u201d was provided by the Maldives under the North <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indian Ocean<\/strong><\/a> naming system. It became the fifth named storm of the 2023 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Classification<\/strong>: It was classified as a Severe Cyclonic Storm by the Indian Meteorological Department on 17 November 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Formation<\/strong>: It formed near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in November 2023 over warm sea surface temperatures of 28-29\u00b0C.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Path<\/strong>: The system initially moved west northwest, later turned north northeast and accelerated toward coastal Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Wind Speed and Intensity<\/strong>: At peak intensity, maximum sustained winds reached about 102 kmph near Patuakhali. Forecast winds ranged between 62 and 88 kmph at major ports, while squally winds of up to 85 kmph were predicted near landfall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Landfall and Dissipation<\/strong>: The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclones\/\" target=\"_blank\">cyclone<\/a><\/strong> made landfall near Khepupara coast. It weakened quickly into a depression and dissipated over Tripura, India, on 18 November.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Impact<\/strong>: Several Impacts of the cyclone were:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Region like Bhola, Chandpur and Barisal recorded rainfall above 200mm in 24 hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flooding damaged 243,294 hectares of crops, affecting 163,449 farmers and causing losses of 3.87 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten deaths were confirmed in Bangladesh, with 25 fishermen missing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 1,243 houses were damaged or destroyed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Midhili was a Severe Cyclonic Storm in November 2023 over the Bay of Bengal that made landfall in Bangladesh causing heavy rainfall and severe damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":87469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[5398,5397,4935],"class_list":{"0":"post-87689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-cyclone","9":"tag-cyclone-midhili","10":"tag-geography","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87689","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87691,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87689\/revisions\/87691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}