In-depth articles, guides, and educational content about tropical cyclones, preparedness, and meteorology
What to pack for a cyclone in India: water, food, medicines, documents and power for 72 hours, plus extras for babies, elderly people and pets.
112, 1077, 1070, 108, 1554 and the official apps (Mausam, SACHET, Damini) to save before a cyclone hits India, and what to do when the network fails.
What to do in the last 24 hours before landfall, while a cyclone passes over, and during the deadly calm of the eye. A practical guide for India's coast.
Live wires, flood water, snakebites, unsafe water and generator fumes kill for days after a cyclone. How to stay safe while you clean up and recover.
How to read IMD fishermen warnings and sea states, when to return to shore, how to secure boats and nets, and the lessons of Cyclone Ockhi.
Who names cyclones like Amphan, Biparjoy and Arnab? How the 13-country list works, the naming rules, what names mean, and which name comes next.
Read an IMD cyclone track map step by step: symbols, forecast points, the cone of uncertainty, the dangerous right side, and common mistakes.
What does Danger Signal VII or Great Danger Signal X mean? A clear guide to India's 11 cyclone port warning signals and what each one tells you.
Why one site says 240 km/h and another 260 km/h, or 'Category 4' vs 'Extremely Severe'. IMD, JTWC and weather apps explained, and which to trust.
More Arabian Sea cyclones, faster intensification, heavier rain and higher surge: what science says about climate change and cyclones in India.
A cyclone is coming. Here is exactly what to do 72, 48, 24 and 6 hours before landfall, matched to IMD's Watch, Alert and Warning stages.
Roof, windows, doors, water tank, trees, electrics and gas: a room-by-room checklist to protect pucca, kutcha and apartment homes before a cyclone.
Meeting points, an outside contact, who looks after whom, and contact cards for children: build your family's cyclone plan in one evening with this checklist.
Know your shelter and route, when to leave, what to take, and what to do before you lock the door. A complete cyclone evacuation checklist for Indian families.
Harvest early, protect grain and seed, prop up banana and sugarcane, secure pumps and polyhouses, and keep your crop insurance claim ready.
Keep dogs, cats, cattle, goats and poultry safe in a cyclone: shelter, food and water to store, ID tags, vaccines, and why animals must be untied.
Cyclone Arnab grew from a Depression over the eastcentral Bay of Bengal on 25 October 2026 into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts southwest of Yanam early on 28 October with winds of 125-135 km/h, and is now weakening over land. Here is its day-by-day track, landfall, rainfall and impact.
IMD has classified a new Depression, BOB/08/2026, over the eastcentral Bay of Bengal, with a forecast track that takes it to Very Severe Cyclonic Storm intensity before a landfall near the Andhra Pradesh coast around 28 October. This is a different, later system from the one tracked in September.
Cyclone Arnab explained: the Bay of Bengal Deep Depression crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam on 23-24 September 2026. Landfall timeline, district-wise rainfall in mm, evacuations, affected areas and IMD warnings, cross-checked across IMD and major Indian news reports.
Headlines said Cyclone Arnab, but IMD called it a Deep Depression. Here is why the system was never officially named, what the difference is, and where the name Arnab comes from.
The Bay of Bengal Deep Depression crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Kalingapatnam around midnight on 23-24 September without ever being named. Here is what happened, why 'Arnab' was searched, and what comes next.
Understanding the science behind tropical cyclone formation in the Indian Ocean. Learn about the conditions required and the process from disturbance to full-fledged cyclone.
Essential steps to prepare for a cyclone. From creating an emergency kit to securing your home, learn how to stay safe when a cyclone threatens your area.
A look back at the most powerful and destructive cyclones to hit the Indian subcontinent, and the lessons we learned from each.
Depression, Cyclonic Storm, Extremely Severe, Super Cyclonic Storm: what each name means, how fast the wind has to blow, and why the numbers you see online often differ.
India has two cyclone basins, and they behave very differently. Here is why the Bay of Bengal is busier, and why the Arabian Sea is catching up.
IMD does not issue just one kind of warning. Learn the four stages of a cyclone bulletin and the colour codes, so you know what to do at each stage.
Most cyclone deaths are caused not by the wind but by the sea. What storm surge is, why it is so deadly, and what the Nargis and Odisha 1999 disasters teach us.
Cyclones do not strike India all year round. They cluster in two windows either side of the monsoon. Here is when, and why.
On 29 October 1999 the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the north Indian Ocean struck Odisha. It killed 9,887 people and forced India to rebuild how it warns and protects its coasts.
Nargis did not hit India, but its story matters to every coastal country. A storm of 165 km/h winds killed 138,373 people, because of the sea it pushed up a river delta.
Amphan was the first Super Cyclonic Storm in the Bay of Bengal since 1999, and it arrived during the COVID-19 lockdown. How more than three million people were moved to safety.
The same stretch of Odisha coast was hit by three powerful cyclones in twenty years. Comparing them shows how much preparation changes the outcome.
Two Super Cyclonic Storms, twelve years apart, set the record for the Arabian Sea. One hit Oman; the other never made landfall.
Eighteen storms, twenty-five years. A year-by-year look at the cyclones in our archive, with their strength, dates and human cost.
