Cyclone Hudhud

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Cyclone Hudhud is an active tropical cyclone currently threatening the eastern coast of India. Hudhud is the strongest tropical cyclone of 2014 within the North Indian Ocean. The storm is expected to make landfall near the port-city ofVisakhapatnam on October 12.

Hudhud originated from a low pressure area that formed under the influence of an upper-air cyclonic circulation in the Andaman Sea on October 6. The system drifted westward and intensified into a depresion and subsequently into a deep depression the following day. Owing to favorable environmental conditions, Hudhud intensified into a cyclonic storm on October 8. Its convection consolidated in the following hours, and Hudhud became a Severe Cyclonic Storm on October 9. The following day, the storm developed a microwave eye feature and was upgraded to a Category 1 tropical cyclone by the JTWC and to a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm by IMD. Hudhud underwent rapid deepening on October 11 and was classified a Category 3 tropical cyclone while it developed an eye feature.

The name Hudhud, suggested by Oman, refers to the bird Hoopoe.

reference : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Hudhud)