CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ has formed over southwest Bay of Bengal and is centred about 370 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 600 km of Pamban and 770 km of Kanniyakumari. Last week Cyclone Nivar had hit the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Severe cyclone Asani raging in Bay of Bengal; expected to weaken without landfall.

Detailed explanation-3: -The developing cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal-Cyclone Sitrang-will bypass Odisha and make landfall near West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts on October 25, 2022, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Detailed explanation-4: -The ninth depression and fifth named storm of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Burevi originated from a low-pressure area which formed on November 28. The system gradually became a depression on November 30, with the JTWC issuing a TCFA soon after.