Cyclone Midhili

Cyclonic storm (IMD)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	14 November – ongoing
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (3-min); 1002 hPa (mbar)

Cyclone Midhili is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Bay of Bengal. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the deep depression created in the Bay of Bengal condensed and turned into a cyclone on the morning of November 17, Cyclone Midhili. The 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone was the fifth named cyclone of the season. Midhili is the third cyclone to form in North Bay of Bengal after Tej and Hamun 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.

nomenclature

13 countries of this region decide the names of cyclones formed in North Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Cyclone Midhili is named after Maldives. Which means something fruitful.

Meteorological History

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

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".

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.

Effect

In Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, rain started from the morning of Thursday, November 16, 2023 due to the effect of 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 Panirchhara area of ​​Morichyaghona collapsed. Four members of the family were killed.