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After reading the posts here I was intrigued by hudhud's name and thats exactly when I read this piece of news....may be you guys already know how and why was hudhud named...but i'm guessing there must be a few like me on the forum who didnt know about it..
Cyclone Hudhud was named by Oman
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Muscat: At least 100,000 people have been evacuated on India's eastern seaboard on Saturday as cyclone Hudhud, bore down, threatening to devastate farmland and fishing villages when it hits the coast this (Sunday) morning.
And did you know, who named this "very severe cyclonic storm" that could pack gusts of up to 165 kilometres per hour (over 100 miles per hour) and dump more than 24.5 centimetres (10 inches) of rain in some places when it makes landfall? It was Oman.
Hudhud derives its name from the Hoopoe bird, a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia.
Hurricanes and tropical cyclones in the Atlantic have had their own names since 1953, but naming came to South Asia and the Middle East recently.
It was just too controversial to do the same around the North Indian Ocean. For years, cyclones that originated in the northern Indian Ocean were anonymous affairs.
However, in 2004, they clubbed together and agreed on their favourite names when an international panel on tropical cyclones led by the WMO decided to name their cyclones as a committee in the spirit of cooperation and consensus.
Eight countries - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Maldives along with Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lanka and Thailand - took part and came up with a list of 64 names - eight names from each country - for upcoming cyclones.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) which issues cyclone advisories to eight countries has a list of names contributed by each of them.
Every time a cyclone occurs, a name is picked in the order they have been submitted. Each country gets a chance to name a cyclone.
After all the countries get their turn, the next list of names is followed.
According to IMD, tropical cyclones are named to provide ease of communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts and warnings.
Since the storms can often last a week or even longer and more than one cyclone can occur in the same region at the same time, names can reduce the confusion about what storm is being described, said IMD.
"The names of cyclones in Indian Seas are not allocated in alphabetical order but are arranged by the name of the country which contributed the name. It is usual practice for a storm to be named when it reaches tropical storm strength (winds of 34 knots)," said IMD.
In the recent past, the cyclones were named Helen (Bangladesh), Lehar (India), Madi (Maldives), and Na-nauk (Myanmar).
The current cyclone is named Hudhud (Oman) and ones that will follow will be called Nilofar (Pakistan), Priya (Sri Lanka) and Komen (Thailand).
Times of Oman | News :: Cyclone Hudhud was named by Oman
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or was I the only one who didnt know about it??
The most appropriate name is "Priya".
coz it has some great data compression rates.
