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Laccadive Islands on May 19, tracking northwest towards the Arabian peninsula. The system made landfall at Raysut on May 24. At Salalah, skies clouded over on May 23 as the pressure fell significantly. Winds turned northerly before midnight that night. At 1 a.m. on May 24 the peak of the
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were estimated at 70 knots (130 km/h) and the pressure at
Salalaha fell to 968 millibars (28.6 inHg). Many vessels offshore, including two large passenger ships, went to pieces. Five buildings collapsed and several roofs were blown away by the cyclone. Salalah recorded 82 millimetres
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formation. The North Indian tropical cyclone season has no bounds, but they tend to form between April and
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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A cyclonic storm lasted from
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455:(3.2 in) of rain at their airport. A total of 141 lives from the ship Samha were taken during this tempest.
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topped its banks. There was an estimated 480 fatalities, most caused by
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December 5–14, 1951 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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September 12–19, 1950 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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November 12–19, 1951 – A severe cyclonic storm existed over the
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was founded, resulting in it releasing unofficial advisories for the basin.
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May 23–30, 1950 – A deep depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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June 8–12, 1950 – A cyclonic storm existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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India
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July 25–30, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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June 23–28, 1950 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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October 9–11, 1951 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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August 4–5, 1951 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
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July 19–22, 1951 – A depression existed over the Bay of Bengal.
713:(Report). India Meteorological Department. 1952. pp. 1–12
657:(Report). India Meteorological Department. 1951. pp. 1–12
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June 11–13, 1951 – A depression existed over the
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A tropical cyclone impacted
Bahrain and caused 500 deaths.
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September 1–5, 1950 – A depression existed over land.
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September 9–13, 1951 – A depression existed over Land.
740:Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
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400:employees.
371:1957 season
361:Haora River
334:1956 season
321:1955 season
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295:1953 season
288:Typhoon Vae
274:1952 season
208:1951 season
139:1950 season
52:Depressions
836:Categories
607:References
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128:1959, the
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459:See also
808:Bibcode
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71:Unknown
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