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#redirect [[2023_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season#Severe_Cyclonic_Storm_Midhili]]
{{Short description|North Indian Ocean cyclonic storm in 2023}}
{{Current|date=November 2023}}
{{Copy edit|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox weather event
| name = Cyclonic Storm Midhili
| image = Midhili 2023-11-17 0100Z.jpg
| caption = Midhili at peak intensity while approaching Bangladesh on 17 November
| formed = 14 November 2023
| dissipated = Currently Active
}}{{Infobox weather event/IMD
| winds = 40
| pressure = 998
}}{{Infobox weather event/JTWC
| winds = 40
| pressure = 1002
}}{{Infobox weather event/Effects
| year = 2023
| damages = Unknown
| fatalities = 6
| missing =
| injuries =
| affected = [[Northeast India]], [[Bangladesh]]
| ibtracs =
| references=
}}
{{Infobox weather event/Footer
| season = [[2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season]]
}}
'''Cyclonic Storm Midhili''' is a tropical cyclone that formed in the Bay of Bengal. According to the [[Bangladesh Meteorological Department]] ((BMD)), the Deep Depression created in the [[Bay of Bengal]] condensed and turned into a cyclonic Storm on the morning of November 17.<ref>{{cite news |date=2023-11-17 |title=সংকেত বেড়ে ৪, ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘মিধিলি’ আঘাত হানতে পারে যেসব জেলায় |language=en |website=Jugantor |url=https://www.jugantor.com/national/741137/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9C%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%AA-%E0%A6%98%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2023-11-17 |title=ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘মিধিলি’: সমুদ্র বন্দরে ৪ নম্বর সতর্কতা সংকেত |language=bn |website=দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক |url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/amp/667036/%E0%A6%98%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9D%E0%A7%9C-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%AA-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref> It is the fifth named cyclone of the season and third named system of Bay of Bengal after Tej and Hamoon in a span of one-and-a-half months. Cyclone occurrence in the Bay of Bengal is relatively high in November but generally, the cyclones turn towards Bangladesh.


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13 countries of this region decide the names of cyclones formed in the North Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and Arabian Sea. Cyclone Midhili is named after the Maldives, which is a kind of tree.<ref>{{cite news |date=2023-11-17 |title=ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘মিধিলি’র নামকরণ যেভাবে |work=কালবেলা {{!}} বাংলা নিউজ পেপার |url=https://www.kalbela.com/national/39874 |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref>

==Meteorological History==
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A low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal on 14 November 2023. The system gradually intensified and on 15 November the [[India Meteorological Department]] (IMD) designated it as a low pressure. The next day, the low pressure intensified into a deep depression. On 17 November, the IMD named the system "Cyclone Midhili".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-12 |title=Low-pressure area likely to form over Southeast Bay of Bengal around Nov 14: IMD |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/low-pressure-area-likely-to-form-over-southeast-bay-of-bengal-around-nov-14-imd/articleshow/105168672.cms |access-date=2023-11-18 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

==Preparation ==
Department of Meteorology has asked Bangladesh's Payra and Mongla seaports to display distress signal number 7 and [[Chittagong]] Seaport and [[Cox's Bazar]] to display distress signal number 6 on 17 November 2023.<ref>{{cite news |date=2023-11-17 |title=সন্ধ্যার মধ্যে আঘাত হানতে পারে ঘূর্ণিঝড় মিধিলি |work=www.kalerkantho.com |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2023/11/17/1337010 |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref>

==Effect==
In [[Teknaf Upazila]] of [[Cox's Bazar District|Cox's Bazar district]] of Bangladesh, rain started on the morning of Thursday, November 16, 2023, due to the effect of a deep depression created in the Bay of Bengal. After 8 pm, the intensity of the rain increased. The mud wall of a family living at the foot of the hill in the Panirchhara area of ​​Morichyaghona collapsed. Four members of the family were killed.<ref>{{cite news |date=2023-11-17 |language=bn |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/environment/ba7zpkc97y |last1=প্রতিবেদক |first1=নিজস্ব |title=গভীর নিম্নচাপ এখন ঘূর্ণিঝড় ‘মিধিলি’, কত দূরে জানাল আবহাওয়া অফিস |work=Prothomalo}}</ref> An old man in the Magadhara union of [[Sandwip Upazila|Sandwip upazila]] was killed when a tree fell over him, while a child was killed in a separate incident due to a falling tree branch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cyclone Midhili: Falling tree, branch kill elderly man, child in Chattogram|date=2023-11-17|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/cyclone-midhili-elderly-man-dies-tree-falls-him-chattogram-741254|work=The Business Standard}}</ref>

==See Also==
*[[Weather of 2023]]
*[[Tropical cyclones in 2023]]
*[[Cyclone Rashmi]] (2008)
*[[Cyclone Komen]] (2015)
*[[Cyclone Roanu]] (2016)
*[[Cyclone Sitrang]] (2022)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Midhili}}
[[Category:2023 meteorology]]
[[Category:2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season]]
[[Category:November 2023 events in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Tropical cyclones in Bangladesh]]

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