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December, peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern
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Jharkhand, moved across India to enter the Arabian near South Gujarat coast. Intensified into cyclonic storm on August 18 before weakening the next day over the Arabian
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April 24–28, 1942 – A depression existed in the Gulf of Mannar and moved into the
Arabian Sea.
1374:"When 20-hour storm paralysed Bombay: Old-timers recall fury of cyclone which hit Mumbai in 1948"
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November 11–18, 1940 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal and the
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1271:"Cyclone Nisarga is not the 1st Cyclone for Mumbai, lets see the 1940 & 1948 Cyclones"
821:"Cyclone Nisarga is not the 1st Cyclone for Mumbai, lets see the 1940 & 1948 Cyclones"
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1205:"Cyclone and Bangladesh: A Historical and Environmental Overview from 1582 to 2020"
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1300:"Cyclone Nisarga: When 1948 November storm left 38 dead and 47 missing in Bombay"
1057:"Originated over land, cyclone over sea: A rare storm gains strength off Gujarat"
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1246:"Unisys Weather: 1948 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Northern Indian Ocean"
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On 27 July 1944, a cyclone left some 20,000 people homeless in Karachi.
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1324:"Cyclone Nisarga to hit coasts of Gujarat, Maharashtra today"
953:(Report). India Meteorological Department. 1942. pp. 1–8
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123:. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of
1180:"Phyan, first cyclonic storm to reach Mumbai in 43 years"
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Irin Hossain; Ashekur Rahman Mullick (September 2020).
1413:"Analysis of the Masulipatam Cyclone of October 1949"
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Indian Weather Man (IWM): Cyclone History for Karachi
973:"The 36 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History"
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