GEOGRAPHY

Cyclone ‘Hamoon’

    • A day after the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal developed into Cyclone ‘Hamoon’, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said it has intensified into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’.
  • Cyclone Hamoon was named by Iran.
  • The word ‘Hamoon’ is a Persian word that refers to inland desert lakes or marshlands

Note

  • Accroding to IMD Twin Cyclones (Tej & Hamoon) developed in North Indian Ocean after 2018 (Luban and Titli)
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